Lennar Mare Island, LLC v. Steadfast Insurance Company

Filing 516

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 4/12/2017 ALLOWING Plaintiff Lennar Mare Island, LLC to take the deposition of John Mahoney, currently set for 4/12/2017 at 09:00 AM; LIMITING the plaintiff to a total of three (3) consecutive hours in which to take said deposition; PROHIBITING the plaintiff from taking the deposition of Steve Hatch. (Michel, G.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LENNAR MARE ISLAND, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 14 15 v. STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 16 17 LENNAR MARE ISLAND, LLC, 18 No. 2:16-cv-0291-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, 19 20 No. 2:12-cv-2182-KJM-KJN ORDER v. STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, 21 Defendant. 22 23 //// 24 //// 25 //// 26 //// 27 //// 28 1 1 On April 10, 2017, an informal telephonic conference was held in these matters before the 2 undersigned to address Lennar Mare Island, LLC’s (“Lennar”) and Steadfast Insurance 3 Company’s (“Steadfast”) remaining dispute regarding the depositions of Steve Hatch and John 4 Mahoney, two apex witnesses. Attorney Ryan Werner appeared telephonically on behalf of 5 Lennar. Attorney John Purcell appeared telephonically on behalf of Steadfast. Attorneys John 6 McConkie and Jonathan Jacobson appeared telephonically on behalf of intervenor plaintiff United 7 States. Attorney Amanda Hairston appeared telephonically on behalf of counterclaimant/counter 8 defendant CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc. Based on the parties’ brief joint statement regarding this discovery dispute and the parties’ 9 10 oral arguments, and for the reasons discussed both in the court’s order filed on March 24, 2017, 11 and during the telephonic conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 12 1. Lennar may take the deposition of John Mahoney, which is currently scheduled for 13 April 12, 2017, at 9:00 A.M. However, Lennar is limited to a total of three (3) 14 consecutive hours in which to take John Mahoney’s deposition.1 15 2. Lennar may not take the deposition of Steve Hatch. 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 Dated: April 12, 2017 18 19 KJN/amd 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 As the undersigned noted during the telephonic conference, just because Lennar is permitted to take John Mahoney’s deposition does not mean that that deposition needs to occur. The parties may instead choose to stipulate to certain facts that alleviate any need for that deposition. 2

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