G.J. ex rel. E.J. v. Muscogee County School District

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• denying similar request for discovery because activities and particulars of defendant’s dealings with its distributor in Georgia was not relevant to general jurisdiction
• denying motion for jurisdictional discovery where jurisdictional facts were not dispute and the plaintiff made no showing that discovery would elucidate the facts necessary to prove personal jurisdiction
• applying Federal Circuit law and finding no general jurisdiction over California corporate defendant even though defendant’s website advertised dozens of dealers who sold defendant’s products in the forum state
• finding plaintiff not entitled to jurisdictional discovery based on its “hunch that there may be facts—or a desire to find out if there are any facts—that justify the exercise of personal jurisdiction”
• “The purpose of jurisdictional discovery is to ascertain the truth of the allegations or facts underlying the assertion of personal jurisdiction. It is not a vehicle for a fishing expedition in hopes that discovery will sustain the exercise of personal jurisdiction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).