Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Case No. 23-cv-03417 (N.D. Cal. 2024)
October 4, 2024

Hixson, Thomas S.,  United States Magistrate Judge

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The Court initially denied Plaintiffs' request to add five document custodians due to untimeliness and incompatibility with the existing case schedule. However, after the fact discovery cutoff date was significantly changed, the Court reconsidered and ordered Meta to add the proposed custodians, which will allow for the inclusion of additional ESI that may be crucial to the outcome of the case.
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RICHARD KADREY, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
META PLATFORMS, INC., et al., Defendants
Case No. 23-cv-03417-VC (TSH)
United States District Court, N.D. California
Filed October 04, 2024
Hixson, Thomas S., United States Magistrate Judge

DISCOVERY ORDER Re: Dkt. No. 190

In ECF No. 196, the Court denied Plaintiffs’ request to add five document custodians “on the ground that it is untimely and incompatible with the existing case schedule.” The Court noted, however, that “[i]f the fact discovery cutoff changes in a meaningful way, the Court will sua sponte revisit the issue of adding these proposed custodians.”

The fact discovery cutoff has now changed in a meaningful way. ECF No. 211 (new fact discovery cutoff is December 13, 2024). On the merits, Plaintiffs have made a good case for the addition of these five custodians. Accordingly, the Court RECONSIDERS its prior order and ORDERS Meta to add Mark Zuckerberg, Eleonora Presani, Amanda Kallet, Alex Boesenberg, and Nikolay Bashlykov as document custodians.

IT IS SO ORDERED.