Persian Gulf Inc. v. BP West Coast Products LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PERSIAN GULF INC., Case No.: 3:15-cv-01749-L-AGS
Plaintiff,
CLASS ACTION
v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS LLC, et
MOTION FOR
al., RECONSIDERATION OF Defendants. DISCOVERY RULING
18 19 Pending before the Court in this putative class action alleging violation of antitrust 20 laws is Plaintiff's motion to reconsider the Magistrate Judge's July 3, 2019 discovery 21 order. (Doc. no. 239 ("Motion").) Defendants filed a joint opposition and Plaintiff 22 replied. For the reasons which follow, Plaintiff's Motion is granted. 23 A district court’s review of a magistrate judge’s order on a non-dispositive motion 24 is limited. Rulings on discovery matters are non-dispositive. See 28 U.S.C. § 25 636(b)(1)(A); Civ. Loc. R. 72.1(b). A district judge may reconsider a magistrate judge's 26 ruling on a non-dispositive motion "where it has been shown that the magistrate's order is 27 clearly erroneous or contrary…