Nuvasive, Inc. v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NUVASIVE, INC., Case No.: 18-cv-0347-CAB-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT MOTON FOR

v. DETERMINATION OF

DISCOVERY DISPUTE

ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., and

REGARDING REQUESTS FOR

ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.,

PRODUCTION 81 AND 93 Defendants. 16 [ECF NO. 193] 17 Before the Court is the Joint Motion of the parties for determination of a discovery dispute filed on October 19, 2018. (ECF No. 117). This is a patent case and the joint motion presents Plaintiff’s motion to compel further responses to two requests for production of documents from Defendants. LEGAL STANDARD The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure authorize parties to obtain discovery of “any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case....” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). “Information within the scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence 1 …