Crowder v. LinkedIn Corporation

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 TODD CROWDER, et al., Case No. 22-cv-00237-HSG 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER PARTIALLY LIFTING STAY AND DIRECTING PRODUCTION OF 9 v. DOCUMENTS 10 LINKEDIN CORPORATION, 11 Defendant.

13 In its order on Defendant’s first motion to dismiss, the Court stayed discovery in its || discretion, noting that it would be prudent to first assess whether any claims were likely to proceed 15 || based on Plaintiffs’ amendments. See Dkt. No. 64 at 13. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint a 16 and Defendant filed another motion to dismiss. See Dkt. Nos. 65, 73. Having considered the 17 || parties’ arguments in their briefing and at the hearing on the motion on July 27, 2023, the Court || LIFTS the discovery stay only to the limited extent set forth below. See Little v. City of Seattle, || 863 F.2d 681, 685 (9th Cir. 1988) (“The district court has wide discretion in controlling || discovery.”). Defendant is ORDERED to produce to Plaintiffs any private API agreements || between LinkedIn and HootSuite, Amobee, Annalect, Ogilvy, or Sprinklr by August 10, 2023.

22 || See Dkt. No. 65 {[§ 243, 246. All other discovery beyond the production of these specified private || API agreements remains stayed unless otherwise ordered.

24 IT IS SO ORDERED.

25 || Dated: 7/28/2023 26 Abppurd 3 Ml).

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 27 United States District Judge