Axelrod
Axelrod v. Lenovo (United States) Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDREW AXELROD, et al., Case No. 21-cv-06770-JSW
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. RELIEF FROM DISCOVERY ORDER
ON JOINT LETTER BRIEF AT
LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., DOCKET 180 Defendant. Re: Dkt. Nos. 180-181, 183
12 Now before the Court for consideration is Lenovo (United States) Inc.’s (“Lenovo”) motion for review of Magistrate Judge Illman’s Order compelling it to provide supplemental responses to Plaintiffs’ Request for Production 75. (See Dkt. No. 181, Order on Discovery Disputes at 5:9-6:9.) The issue is whether Lenovo should be required to produce communications relating to changes in its pricing policies after it changed to using “Est Value” on its website. A District Court’s review of a Magistrate Judge’s orders is governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72. Under Rule 72(a), a district court may reconsider a magistrate judge’s non- dispositive order “only if it is clearly erroneous or contrary to law.” …