Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sabhlok et al

Filing 129

ORDER. Signed by Judge James Larson on 11/14/09. (jlsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/16/2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

United States District Court

11
For the Northern District of California

Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaintiff, v. RAJ P. SABHLOK and MICHAEL C. PATTISON, Defendants. ________________________________/

No. C 08-4238 CRB (JL)

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

ORDER

All discovery in this case has been referred by the district court (Hon. Charles R. Breyer) under 28 U.S.C. §636(b). The Court received the parties' Joint Statement Regarding Deposition Subpoena to PricewaterhouseCoopers "PWC"). The Court finds this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument under Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). After carefully reviewing the parties' positions, the Court finds that It would be unreasonably burdensome to subject PWC to a fifth round of FRCP 30(b)(6) depositions. It would also be futile, since PWC has produced all its most knowledgeable employees on the subject matter areas of Defendant Pattison's deposition subpoenas and does not have any additional employees with knowledge of those topics. PWC has already provided Pattison with over 265,000 pages of documents and produced four of its senior auditors for full-day

C-08-4238 DISCOVERY ORDER

Page 1 of 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

depositions during which Pattison's counsel examined the witnesses on each of the topics now at issue. Accordingly, the motion of Defendant Pattison for additional depositions from PWC is denied. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: December 14, 2009 __________________________________ JAMES LARSON United States Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

11
For the Northern District of California

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

G:\JLALL\CHAMBERS\CASES\CIV-REF\08-4238\Order Deny 99.wpd

C-08-4238 DISCOVERY ORDER

Page 2 of 2