Orthopaedic Hospital v. DJO Global, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, Case No.: 3:19-cv-00970-JLS-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING

v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

COMPEL AND FOR SANCTIONS

DJO GLOBAL, INC. and DJO

FOLLOWING IN CAMERA

FINANCE, LLC,

REVIEW Defendants.

[ECF No. 173]

28 I. BACKGROUND On July 1, 2021, the Court issued an Order Granting in Part and Deferring in Part Defendant’s Motion to Compel and for Sanctions (ECF No. 173) (“Motion to Compel”). ECF No. 238 (the “July 1 Order”). The July 1 Order concerned a discovery dispute regarding Defendant’s pursuit of materials from a prior litigation involving Plaintiff and the patents-in-suit (the “DePuy litigation”). As discussed in the July 1 Order, the parties’ dispute regarding DePuy litigation materials was first addressed in part by the Court in its December 22, 2020 Order (ECF No. 144)…