Not sure what the following means per se but it is from Judge Carter's orders from Sept. 8, 2009. Somewhere I read or at least I thought I read that the discovery to be carried out is pretty much perfunctory in order to get the basics out of the way and or started. I maybe total in error on that remembrance.
http://ia301520.us.archive.org/2/items/gov.uscourts.cacd.435591/gov.uscourts.cacd.435591.58.0.pdf
snip p. 6 bottom.
iv. Discovery
The Court indicated at oral argument that it would consider whether discovery
matters should continue to be handled by Magistrate Judge Nakazato. The Court finds that,
since the Court and Judge Nakazato are closely communicating and coordinating in this case, the
continued handling of discovery matters by Judge Nakazato is appropriate.
Yes, after reading the order by Judge Carter it does say that discovery will be handled by the other judge. There must be one case in front of Carter and another in front of the other judge but with the same discovery.