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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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GLORIA JEAN ISGAR, Case No. 1:18-cv-00433 JLT Plaintiff, 12 13 v. 14 AMENDED ORDER AFTER INFORMAL TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., Defendant. 15 16 17 At the request of the defendants, the Court held an informal telephonic conference related to 18 ongoing discovery disputes between the parties. At the conference, the Court observed that the topics 19 upon which the plaintiff sought testimony from the entity were, in most cases, significantly overbroad 20 and seemed to place the burden on the defendants to attempt to figure out the discovery that the plaintiff 21 sought. Though the plaintiff’s counsel, Mr. Hernandez disagreed with the Court’s analysis, he agreed he 22 would provide amended topics no later than by February 5, 2020. Also, the Court assisted counsel in 23 developing a deposition schedule that would most efficiently allow this discovery to be completed. 24 Thus, the Court ORDERS: 25 1. Nunc pro tunc, the plaintiff SHALL serve, via email, an amended list of topics on which 26 she seeks the entity’s testimony no later than February 5, 2020. The list SHALL be tailored to obtain 27 information only on the issues raised by this litigation; 28 1 1 2 3 2. The deposition of the entity SHALL occur on February 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. at the offices of defense counsel; 3. The depositions of Ryan Maxwell, Jeremiah Holt, Robert Figueroa Jr., Travis Mc Ninch 4 and the final witness, whose name was not provided to the Court, SHALL occur on March 4 and 5, 5 2020. The first witness SHALL be Mr. Maxwell and counsel SHALL make all efforts—via early start 6 times, short breaks and working into the evenings as needed, to complete these depositions by the end of 7 the day on March 5, 2020. Only if absolutely necessary may the depositions complete on March 6, 2020 8 and only to the extent that the defense does not use the time for depositions they wish to take. 9 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 10, 2020 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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