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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KIMBERLY BOHNERT,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP 

OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-02854-WHO 

ORDER REGARDING NUMBER OF 

DEPOSITIONS

Re: Dkt. No. 61

The parties are having a dispute over the number of depositions that may be taken by 

plaintiff. While I am not averse to allowing more than ten depositions in a case as potentially fact 

intensive as this one, I agree with defendants that I need a better record on which to order them. If 

the parties are unable to resolve this dispute on their own, plaintiff should provide me, by May 15, 

2015, with a list of the witnesses it is deposing and would like to depose and for each witness, a 

very brief description of the expected areas of testimony, the expected length of testimony (full 

day, half day, or less), and the agreed-upon dates of deposition (if any). Defendant may respond 

by May 20, 2015 to explain why the testimony would be cumulative or unnecessary. 

I encourage grouping deponents on a single day or days for efficiency’s sake if 

appropriate. I will take the amount of time requested for depositions into account along with the 

number of depositions. I remind the parties that summer vacation is fast-approaching for school 

personnel, as is the fact discovery cutoff date. I do not intend to extend the dates previously set in 

this matter, I do expect timely responses to communications by counsel, and I will not accept 

excuses concerning scheduling depositions that I require. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 8, 2015

______________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cv-02854-WHO Document 62 Filed 05/08/15 Page 1 of 1