Garcia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JULIO GARCIA, individually and Case No.: 18-cv-0500-L-MDD on behalf of all those similarly 11 situated, ORDER ON JOINT MOTION RE Plaintiff, DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. [ECF NO. 106]

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.,

et al., Defendants. 16 17 Before the Court is the Joint Motion of the parties for determination of a discovery dispute filed on January 6, 2022. (ECF No. 106). The dispute pertains to a single document that Plaintiff asserts should have been disclosed pursuant to certain Requests for Production served during the period of fact discovery. Although fact discovery closed long ago, which normally would render this dispute untimely, the district judge, in an Order dated November 19, 2021, authorized Plaintiff to seek production of this document and for Defendant to oppose production. (ECF No. 100 at 2). // // LEGAL STANDARD The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure authorize parties to obtain discovery of “any nonprivileged…