Planet Aid, Inc. et al v. Reveal, Center for Investigative Reporting et al

Filing 287

ORDER RE: DEPOSITION DISCOVERY DISPUTE 286 . Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 7/1/2020. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/1/2020)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PLANET AID, INC., et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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ORDER RE: DEPOSITION
DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v.

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REVEAL, CENTER FOR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, et al.,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 17-cv-03695-MMC (JSC)

Re: Dkt. No. 286

Defendants.

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The parties have presented the Court with another discovery dispute. (Dkt. No. 286.)

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After reviewing the parties’ joint letter brief and exhibits, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion to

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compel the previously ordered depositions. The time to withdraw the declarations was prior to or

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at least at the discovery hearing so the Court could make its decision in context as Plaintiffs

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argued that these were relevant percipient witnesses separate and apart from their declarations. As

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Defendants acknowledge, the Court has been suggesting since 2018 that Defendants withdraw

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certain declaration if they do not want to engage in discovery relevant to what is set forth in the

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declarations. There is no excuse for suggesting that they will withdraw them (but not actually

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withdrawing them) nearly four months after the hearing and after confirming with Plaintiffs that

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the witnesses were being made available.
Accordingly, Defendants shall make the witnesses available for a video deposition within

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the next 30 days. The deposition shall not exceed four hours. The Court declines to award

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sanctions.
This Order disposes of Docket No. 286.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 1, 2020

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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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