Wilkins v. Macomber et al

Filing 46

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on 02/09/21 GRANTING 45 Motion for leave to conduct plaintiff's deposition via videoconference. The Court also orders that the parties may conduct any other depositions via videoconference without further leave of the Court provided that the depositions are properly noticed and comply in all other respects with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Plummer, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEENAN WILKINS, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:16-CV-0475-TLN-DMC-P v. ORDER JEFF MACOMBER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 17 18 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Defendants’ motion for leave to conduct Plaintiff’s deposition 19 via videoconference. ECF No. 45. Defendants indicate that the Court’s original discovery order 20 (ECF No. 39) permits depositions but does not mention videoconferencing. Id. at 1. A remote 21 deposition, Defendants argue, would avoid unnecessary risk of exposure to COVID-19. Id. at 2. For good cause shown, Defendants’ motion for leave to take Plaintiff’s deposition 22 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 1 via videoconference is GRANTED. The Court also orders that the parties may conduct any other 2 depositions via videoconference without further leave of the Court provided that the depositions 3 are properly noticed and comply in all other respects with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 Dated: February 9, 2021 ____________________________________ DENNIS M. COTA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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