Can a motion to reconsider a magistrate judge's pretrial discovery order be overturned?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig., Dell Inc. v. Toshiba Samsung Storage Tech. Corp., No. 14-17502 (9th Cir. 2015):
We will overturn the district court's denial of a motion to reconsider the magistrate judge's pretrial discovery order only if the denial was "clearly erroneous or contrary to law." Osband v. Woodford, 290 F.3d 1036, 1041 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(A)). Applying this standard,
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