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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLAUDE BRYANT, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

SERVICE CORPORATION

INTERNATIONAL, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 08-01190 SI

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST

TO COMPEL DEPOSITION

(Docket No. 286)

Plaintiff seek an order compelling SCI to produce Jane Jones, an SCI Vice President and a

named defendant, for deposition prior to June 4, 2010. Plaintiffs first sent the deposition notice on May

18. SCI offered a number of reasonable suggestions, including dividing the deposition between June

2 and 3 in order to allow plaintiffs’ counsel to attend the case management conference with this Court

in San Francisco on June 4; having one of plaintiffs’ attorneys attend the case management conference

and another attorney depose Ms. Jones on June 4; and making Ms. Jones available on June 10. Plaintiffs

rejected all of these proposals, and now assert that they “need to complete their depositions prior to June

4, 2010” in order to prepare for their class certification motion. 

Plaintiffs’ position is unreasonable. SCI offered to make Ms. Jones available prior to June 4 and

alternatively on June 4 itself, but plaintiffs rejected both of these proposals. If plaintiffs wish to depose

Ms. Jones prior to the date their certification motion is due, they must work with defense counsel to find

a mutually agreeable date without the Court’s intervention. The motion to compel is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 2, 2010 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:08-cv-01190-SI Document 296 Filed 06/02/10 Page 1 of 1