Isgar v. City of Bakersfield et al

Filing 51

AMENDED ORDER After Informal Telephonic Conference re: Discovery Dispute, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 2/10/2020. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GLORIA JEAN ISGAR,

Case No. 1:18-cv-00433 JLT

Plaintiff,

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v.

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AMENDED ORDER AFTER INFORMAL
TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE RE:
DISCOVERY DISPUTE

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.,
Defendant.

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At the request of the defendants, the Court held an informal telephonic conference related to

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ongoing discovery disputes between the parties. At the conference, the Court observed that the topics

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upon which the plaintiff sought testimony from the entity were, in most cases, significantly overbroad

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and seemed to place the burden on the defendants to attempt to figure out the discovery that the plaintiff

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sought. Though the plaintiff’s counsel, Mr. Hernandez disagreed with the Court’s analysis, he agreed he

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would provide amended topics no later than by February 5, 2020. Also, the Court assisted counsel in

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developing a deposition schedule that would most efficiently allow this discovery to be completed.

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Thus, the Court ORDERS:

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Nunc pro tunc, the plaintiff SHALL serve, via email, an amended list of topics on which

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she seeks the entity’s testimony no later than February 5, 2020. The list SHALL be tailored to obtain

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information only on the issues raised by this litigation;

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The deposition of the entity SHALL occur on February 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. at the

offices of defense counsel;
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The depositions of Ryan Maxwell, Jeremiah Holt, Robert Figueroa Jr., Travis Mc Ninch

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and the final witness, whose name was not provided to the Court, SHALL occur on March 4 and 5,

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2020. The first witness SHALL be Mr. Maxwell and counsel SHALL make all efforts—via early start

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times, short breaks and working into the evenings as needed, to complete these depositions by the end of

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the day on March 5, 2020. Only if absolutely necessary may the depositions complete on March 6, 2020

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and only to the extent that the defense does not use the time for depositions they wish to take.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

February 10, 2020

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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