`894
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`BYTEWEAVR, LLC
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`DATABRICKS, INC.,
`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-00162-JRG-RSP
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to modify the schedule for discovery and for
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`briefing on Defendant Databricks, Inc.’s Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of
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`California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (Dkt. No. 39). Dkt. No. 44. Having considered the
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`Motion, the Court is of the opinion that it should be and hereby is GRANTED.
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`Therefore it is ORDERED that:
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`The parties may conduct limited, expedited venue-related discovery, including service on
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`the other party of no more than six (6) Interrogatories and no more than six (6) Requests for
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`Production related to venue. Each party shall be limited to one 30(b)(6) deposition notice and each
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`such 30(b)(6) deposition notice shall be limited to no more than ten (10) 30(b)(6) deposition topics
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`on issues related to venue.1 Byteweavr shall also be permitted a deposition under Rule 30(b)(1) of
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`Databricks’ declarant, Mr. Abhinav Taneja, which may be combined with Databricks’ 30(b)(6)
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`deposition if Mr. Taneja is presented as the corporate witness on all noticed topics. The venue
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`1 This discovery shall not count toward the discovery limits set forth in Court’s standing Discovery
`Order (Dkt. 25).
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`discovery period shall commence on the date of the parties’ submission of this motion (“Venue
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`Discovery Start Date”).
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`It is further ORDERED that the Motion’s briefing schedule is modified subject to the
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`agreements set forth below.
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`Deadline
`Within 14 days following
`Discovery Start Date2
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`the Venue
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`Event
`Deadline for each party to serve venue related
`discovery, including 30(b)(6) and 30(b)(1)
`Deposition Notice(s),
`interrogatories, and
`requests for production.
`Each party shall be limited to seven (7) total
`hours of deposition time. Each party agrees to
`conduct both the 30(b)(6) and 30(b)(1) on the
`same day with the same witness.
`Close of Venue Discovery Period
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`60 days following the Venue Discovery
`Start Date
`Within 14 days of the Close of Venue-
`Byteweavr to file its Opposition brief to the
`Discovery Period.
`Motion
`Databricks to file its Reply brief to the Motion Within 7 days of the filing of Byteweavr’s
`Opposition brief
`Within 7 days of the filing of Databricks’
`Reply brief
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`Byteweavr to file its Sur-Reply brief to the
`Motion
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`2 Should a party disclose a declaration in support of any brief related to the Motion following this
`deadline, the deposition of such declarant may occur on a separate day as the 30(b)(6) deposition.
`The parties agree that any 30(b)(1) Deposition Notice directed to such declarant is 14 days
`following disclosure of the declaration, and that they will accordingly agree to submit a request to
`modify the briefing schedule in this Order if necessary.
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