Fitch v. San Francisco Unified School District

Filing 48

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 3/15/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SYLVIA FITCH,

Case No. 15-cv-02769-SI

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT,

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Re: Dkt. No. 44

Defendant.

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The parties have submitted a joint letter regarding a dispute over a further deposition of

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plaintiff. Plaintiff was deposed on January 11 and 12, 2016, for approximately eight hours.

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Defendant requests six additional hours of deposition time in order to examine plaintiff about her

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numerous allegations of race and age discrimination and retaliation. Defendant also states that

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plaintiff raised new claims about an alleged disability, defendant's failure to engage in the

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interactive process, and disability discrimination in amended discovery responses received by the

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District on January 4, 2016, and that plaintiff's medical records were not produced by the

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deposition date. Defendant also states that at her deposition, plaintiff introduced new claims of

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gender discrimination, new facts and new documents, all of which require follow-up.

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Plaintiff opposes sitting for any additional deposition time, and asserts that defense counsel
wasted time at the deposition by engaging in unnecessary, redundant, and abusive questioning.

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The Court has reviewed the plaintiff's deposition transcript, and concludes that while some

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questioning appears to have been redundant, defendant has demonstrated good cause for some

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additional deposition time. The Court finds that an additional four and a half hours should be

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sufficient to conclude questioning plaintiff about her various claims as well as the recently

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produced documents.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: March 15, 2016
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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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