Yuntek International, Inc. v. Xiamen JXD Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.
- Jeffrey White
- 4:20-cv-07201
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Yuntek International v. Xiamen JXD, Judge White denied Yuntek’s request to change a magistrate judge’s discovery order and adopted it in full.
Yuntek International, Inc., which sought to change the discovery order, and the defendants in the case, whose discovery proceedings remained governed by that order.
What happened
Yuntek International, Inc. asked the court to change a discovery order issued by Magistrate Judge Illman on April 4, 2022. The order concerned a pretrial discovery matter.
The court denied Yuntek’s request. It stated that such an order could be changed only if it was clearly mistaken or used the wrong legal standard, and the court adopted the discovery order in all respects.
Judge Jeffrey S. White issued the amended order on April 27, 2022.
The detailed version
- Yuntek International, Inc. v. Xiamen JXD Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. · No. 4:20-cv-07201
- Jeffrey White
- Apr. 27, 2022
Background
Yuntek International, Inc. moved for relief from a nondispositive pretrial order—a discovery-related order that does not finally decide the case—issued by Magistrate Judge Illman on April 4, 2022. The motion sought relief from that discovery order.
Legal standard
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), a district court may modify or set aside a magistrate judge’s ruling on a nondispositive pretrial motion if the ruling is clearly erroneous or contrary to law. A ruling is clearly erroneous when, after reviewing the evidence, the court has a definite and firm conviction that a mistake was made. A ruling is contrary to law when it applies an incorrect legal standard or fails to consider an element of the applicable standard.
Ruling
The court denied Yuntek’s motion for relief from the discovery order. It also adopted the discovery order in all aspects. The opinion excerpt does not provide additional details about the discovery dispute or explain the specific objections Yuntek raised.
Judge Jeffrey S. White signed the amended order dated April 27, 2022.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.