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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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1 The seven witnesses are: Cindy Pacheco, Micah Rose, Gretchen Fox, Nancy Higgins,

Stacy Bean, Nicholas Bean, and Jill Ostrowski. 

2 No reply brief was permitted. 

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*E-FILED 10/3/08*

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MANUEL G. FAUSTO et al., 

Plaintiffs,

 v.

CREDIGY SERVICES CORP. et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 07-5658 JW (RS)

ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR A

PROTECTIVE ORDER

REGARDING THIRD PARTY

DEPOSITION SUBPOENAS

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-3, on September 30, 2008, defendants moved for an order

shortening time regarding their concurrently filed motion for a protective order to halt the pending

depositions of seven witnesses scheduled for October 8, 2008.1 The Court granted the application

for an order shortening time and gave plaintiffs until 12:00 p.m. on October 3, 3008, to file an

opposition.2 As stated in the Court's order granting the application for shortening time, the matter

was deemed submitted upon the filing of plaintiffs' opposition.

Defendants present five arguments that allegedly support the issuance of a protective order.

Defendants claim that the depositions: (1) are to take place in four different states on the same day

and at the same time, which prohibits defendants' counsel from attending; (2) would bring the total

number of plaintiffs' depositions to thirteen, which exceeds the ten deposition limit set under Rule 30

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; (3) were not disclosed by plaintiffs in their Rule 26(a)(1)

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disclosures; (4) do not provide reasonable notice under Rule 30(b)(1); and (5) were not part of a

proper meet and confer process regarding the date and time of the depositions as required by Civil

Local Rule 30-1. 

Because defendants have shown, in the first, second, and fifth factors noted above, good

cause to issue a protective order, the motion is granted. Based on the record in this case it is hereby

ordered that:

(1) The previously noticed depositions by plaintiffs are vacated.

(2) Each side will be limited to ten depositions per side. Accordingly, plaintiffs may take

four additional depositions. The parties are to meet and confer as to the deposition scheduling.

(3) The depositions are to be completed by October 20, 2008. 

(4) This motion does not alter the discovery cut-off date set by the presiding judge, but

merely permits the additional four depositions to take place beyond that date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 3, 2008 

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States Magistrate Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT NOTICE OF THIS ORDER HAS BEEN GIVEN TO:

Balam Osberto Letona letonalaw@gmail.com

David Humphreys david@hwh-law.com

David J. Kaminski kaminskd@cmtlaw.com

Jeffrey A. Topor jtopor@snllp.com, sschmitt@snllp.com

Lucius James Wallace luke@hwh-law.com

Ronald Wilcox ronaldwilcox@post.harvard.edu

Tomio Buck Narita tnarita@snllp.com, sschmitt@snllp.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not

registered for e-filing under the Court's CM/ECF program. 

Dated: 10/3/08 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Chambers 

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