United States v. Abbott Laboratories

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et Case No.: 3:20-cv-00286-W-MSB al.; ex rel. EVEREST PRINCIPALS,

LLC, ORDER OVERRULING

OBJECTION TO MAGISTRATE Plaintiffs and Relator,

JUDGE’S SCOPE OF DISCOVERY

11 v. [DOCS. 116] 12 ABBOTT LABORATORIES, et al., 13 Defendants.

15 Pending before the Court is Defendants Abbott Laboratories, Abbot Laboratories 16 Inc., Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., and Abbott Vascular Inc.’s (collectively, 17 “Defendants” or “Abbott”) objection ([Doc. 116], “Objection”) to U.S. Magistrate Judge 18 Michael S. Berg’s order setting the geographic and temporal scope of discovery in this 19 case ([Doc. 108], “Discovery Order”). Plaintiff-Relator Everest Principals, LLC 20 (“Relator”) opposes the Objection. ([Doc. 119], “Opposition”.) 21 The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. 22 See Civ. R. 7.1(d)(1). For the following reasons, the Court OVERRULES the Objection 23 and AFFIRMS the Magistrate Judge’s…