Allstate Insurance Company et al vs. Nassiri, et al.,

Filing 588

ORDER that 548 Emergency Motion to Modify Scope of Trial Testimony is Granted in part and Denied in part. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 5/31/13. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 7 8 9 10 11 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) OBTEEN N. NASSIRI, D.C, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) Case No. 2:08-cv-00369-JCM-GWF ORDER 12 13 This matter comes before the Court on non-party witness Adam S. Kutner’s Emergency Motion 14 to Modify Scope of Trial Testimony (#548), filed on May 24, 2013. Plaintiffs filed a Response (#585) 15 on May 31, 2012. 16 Mr. Kutner has been subpoenaed to testify at the trial in this matter set to commence on June 3, 17 2013. Mr. Kutner moves the Court to limit his trial testimony by (1) limiting the scope of the testimony 18 to those same subjects the Court identified as appropriate for Mr. Kutner’s deposition; (2) not allowing 19 Plaintiffs to ask any questions to which Mr. Kutner objected during the deposition at the instruction of 20 his counsel; and (3) allowing Mr. Kutner’s counsel, Mark A. Hutchison, to appear at trial and lodge any 21 necessary objections to ensure the testimony’s limited scope. The scope to which Mr. Kutner seeks his 22 trial testimony be limited was fully set forth in this Court’s March 1, 2011 Order (#281) and the District 23 Court’s June 23, 2011 Order (#334), and is hereby incorporated. Mr. Kutner further represents that Mr. 24 Hutchison, a state legislator, is only available to appear at Mr. Kutner’s testimony on June 10, 11, and 25 12th. 26 Plaintiffs’ only objection to Mr. Kutner’s Motion (#548) is Mr. Kutner’s request that the Court 27 preclude Plaintiffs from asking any questions to which Mr. Kutner objected during his deposition. 28 Plaintiffs note that while they cannot guarantee when they will call Mr. Kutner at trial, they will expend 1 every effort to accommodate Mr. Hutchison’s legislative schedule. The Court will not impose limits on 2 the time-span during which Plaintiffs may call Mr. Kutner to testify. However, based on Plaintiff’s 3 limited opposition to Mr. Kutner’s requests, 4 5 6 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Adam S. Kutner’s Emergency Motion to Modify Scope of Trial Testimony (#548) is granted in part and denied in part as follows: (1) The scope of Mr. Kutner’s trial testimony shall be limited to the same scope set forth for 7 his deposition by this Court’s March 1, 2011 Order (#281) and by the District Court’s 8 June 23, 2011 Order (#334); 9 (2) 10 11 Plaintiffs shall be permitted to ask questions to which Mr. Kutner objected during his deposition, and; (3) Mr. Kutner’s Counsel, Mark Hutchison, shall be permitted to appear at trial during Mr. 12 Kutner’s testimony. However, it shall remain in the District Judge’s discretion whether 13 to allow Mr. Hutchison to lodge objections during the testimony. 14 DATED this 31st day of May, 2013. 15 16 17 ______________________________________ GEORGE FOLEY, JR. United States Magistrate Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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