Natural Grocers v. Perdue

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NATURAL GROCERS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05151-JD 8 Plaintiffs, 9 y. ORDER RE PRIVILEGE LOG Re: Dkt. No. 47 10 SONNY PERDUE, et al., ll Defendants. 12

13 With respect to the parties’ privilege log disagreement, the government recognizes that “it 14 || is the prevailing practice in the Northern District of California to require the production of a 3 15 || privilege log with the administrative record.” Dkt. No. 47 at 4-5. That is the Court’s practice. See a 16 Emami v. Pars Equality Center, No. 18-cv-1587-JD, Dkt. No. 117 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 12, 2019). 3 17 || The existence vel non of a valid privilege shielding discovery goes directly to the hallowed 18 || principle that “wide access to relevant facts serves the integrity and fairness of the judicial process 19 || by promoting the search for the truth.” Shoen v. Shoen, 5 F.3d 1289, 1292 (9th Cir. 1993). 20 || Consequently, the government is directed to produce by August 13, 2021, a privilege log in 21 || conformance with the Court’s Standing Order for Discovery in Civil Cases. 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 Dated: July 26, 2021 24 25 6 JAMES JPONATO- United Ytates District Judge 27 28