Further to the Charter Pacific’s posting of 14 April 2022 below is an extract from Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. Opinion of 18 May 2022 –
Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction / Application to Compel Discovery
The panel vacated a district judge’s order declining to overturn a magistrate judge’s denial of CPC Patent Technologies PTY Ltd.’s application pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§ 1782 to compel Apple Inc. to turn over documents, which CPC seeks to use in a potential lawsuit in Germany against an Apple affiliate, and remanded for further proceedings.
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