Order | Filed: July 20, 2026
| Entered: July 20, 2026
In re Bio-Lab Class Actions
Personal Property: Other | Georgia Northern
Order on Motion for Discovery
ORDER GRANTING 306 Joint Motion to Amend the Existing Jurisdictional Discovery Schedule. It is hereby ORDERED that jurisdictional discovery and the related subsequent events specified shall proceed according to the following deadlines: Deadline to begin rolling production in response to jurisdictional document requests is Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Deadline to notify the Court of any remaining dispute regarding the jurisdictional document requests or search parameters is Friday, July 31, 2026. Deadline for document production concerning jurisdictional discovery to be substantially complete is Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Close of jurisdictional discovery is Friday, September 25, 2026. Deadline for Plaintiffs to notify Centerbridge Defendants whether Plaintiffs will seek leave to amend their complaint is Tuesday, September 29, 2026. If not amending, deadline for Plaintiffs and Centerbridge Defendants to file either a joint or separate schedules for supplemental briefing with a proposed order attached is Friday, October 2, 2026. If amending, deadline for Plaintiffs to file their motion to amend the complaint, attaching the proposed amended complaint is Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Signed by Judge Sarah E. Geraghty on 7/20/2026. (ane)
Filed: July 18, 2026
| Entered: July 18, 2026
Yip et al., v. Bank of America, N.A.
Consumer Credit | Nevada
Minute Order Appeal Magistrate Judge Case Order on Motion to Show Cause Order on Motion for Protective Order
MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS of the Honorable Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah on 7/18/2026.
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff James Morgan's Motions for Order to Show Cause (ECF No. 226 ) and Emergency Motion for Protective Order and to Stay July 21, 2026 Deposition (ECF No. 228 ).
In his Motion for Order to Show Cause, Plaintiff continues to take issue with the way his former counsel produced a copy of his litigation file. See ECF No. 226 at 2. Plaintiff contends the produced files are corrupted because they display metadata stating they were created on 12/29/1899. Plaintiff also argues that his former counsel put the burden of production on him as Defendants offered to upload documents to a Google Drive or Dropbox link provided by Plaintiff. Plaintiff is seeking appointment of a forensic special master to audit former counsels production.
The Court finds the relief sought by Plaintiff, and involvement by the Court, is unwarranted. Former counsel's date error is obviously ministerial, and Plaintiff should be able to communicate to find a way for him to access the documents he needs. While the Court recognizes Plaintiff's concerns, the Court does not find anything nefarious in the events described. Nonetheless, the parties are ordered to meet and confer in person or videoconferencing within the next week regarding finalizing access to the production of documents. That may require former counsel to create a Google Drive link for Plaintiff or deliver the documents in hard copy to Plaintiff's residence.
With respect to the Emergency Motion for Protective Order, Plaintiff seeks to vacate his deposition scheduled for July 21, 2026. Plaintiff states Defendant Bank of America produced documents that were marked Highly Confidential Attorneys Eyes Only. Plaintiff contends that he cannot read these documents because they are marked for attorneys and he is a pro se litigant. However, Plaintiff does not argue he, literally, cannot open the documents produced to him. Attorneys Eyes Only is a common designation meaning documents are not to be shared with anyone outside of the attorneys on the case. Here, because Plaintiff is representing himself, he is entitled to review these documents, but not share them with others. What the Court finds regrettable is Bank of America's failure to respond to Plaintiff's July 14th email expressing, among other things, his inability to review the documents.
Given Plaintiff's claimed continued problems accessing documents, the Court agrees that Tuesdays deposition will be a waste of resources.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDRED that Plaintiff's Motion for Order to Show Cause (ECF No. 226 ) and his Emergency Motion for Protective Order and to Stay July 21, 2026 Deposition (ECF No. 228 ) are GRANTED as stated below.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff and former counsel must meet and confer no later than July 23, 2026 regarding the production of Plaintiff's litigation file even if this means that counsel creates a Google drive for Plaintiff's use or delivers the physical copies of documents to Plaintiff's home or other address he identifies. Counsel may bill Plaintiff for physical copies of documents at 10 cents per page, and Plaintiff must pay that bill no later than 30 days after its receipt.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that former counsel must upload a status report with the Court no later than July 24, 2026 regarding the meet and confer.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Plaintiff's deposition scheduled for July 21, 2026 is VACATED without prejudice subject to being reset no sooner than August 3, 2026 and no later than August 12, 2026. The party that sets Mr. Morgan's deposition must provide him with a proposed future deposition date that falls within this date range--if his deposition is sought--no later than July 24, 2026.
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