Raya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT RAYA, Case No.: 3:19-cv-2295-WQH-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER RESOLVING JOINT

MOTION FOR DETERMINATION

v.

OF DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND

DAVID BARKA, et al., DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION

FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

Defendants.

[ECF No. 104] 17 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for Determination of Discovery Dispute. ECF No. 104. Defendant seeks a protective order preventing disclosure of certain documents relating to a United States Department of Labor investigation, to which Plaintiff objects. Id. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant’s motion for protective order is DENIED. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND1 Plaintiff is a former employee of Defendant Calbiotech. ECF No. 64 at ¶ 6. Plaintiff worked as a fulltime scientist for Calbiotech beginning in May 2008 and ending in

27 1 The following allegations are taken from Plaintiff’s Second…