Jacobs v. Alam et al

Filing 222

ORDER Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff's Motion to Quash Deposition Notices 213 . Signed by District Judge Denise Page Hood. (LSau)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
EDUARDO JACOBS,
Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 15-10516
HON. DENISE PAGE HOOD

v.
RAYMON ALAM, et al.,
Defendants.
/

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO QUASH DEPOSITION NOTICES [#213]

This matter is now before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash
Deposition Notices. [ECF No. 213] On November 7, 2019, Defendants issued
Notices of Taking De Bene Esse Depositions for their expert witnesses, Dr. Craig
Lemmen and Dr. Nathan Gross. Plaintiff argues that trial is scheduled to start on
November 12, 2019, and that issuing notices to depose witnesses so close to trial is
unreasonable. The Court agrees that taking depositions an hour before trial is
scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 12, is unreasonable. The parties will
need to schedule the deposition of Dr. Nathan Gross, scheduled for November 12,
2019, for another time. Although the notice to depose Dr. Craig Lemmen on
November 11, 2019, was provided with short notice, the Court finds that

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rescheduling two depositions during trial may not be feasible. Dr. Craig Lemmen’s
deposition scheduled on November 11, 2019 can continue as scheduled.
For the reasons set forth above,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Deposition
Notices [ECF No. 213] is DENIED in part as it relates to Dr. Craig Lemmen’s
deposition and GRANTED in part as it relates to Dr. Nathan Gross’s deposition.

s/Denise Page Hood
DENISE PAGE HOOD
Chief Judge

DATED: November 8, 2019

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