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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIN CHRISTENSEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

GOODMAN DISTRIBUTION, INC. et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:18-cv-02776-MCE-KJN

ORDER

(ECF NOS. 19, 21, 22)

Presently before the court are the parties’ separate applications to shorten the time to hear

their respective motions to compel. (ECF Nos. 19, 22.) Defendant also filed a motion to compel 

the deposition of plaintiff, to occur after the current discovery deadline. (ECF No. 21.) On April 

9, 2020, the parties filed a joint brief outlining their respective positions regarding this discovery 

dispute, and the court held an informal telephonic conference the next day. (ECF No. 24.) After 

considering the relevant law, papers, and representations of the parties, the undersigned extends 

the non-expert discovery deadline to June 14, 20201solely for the purposes outlined below, and

rules as follows. 

Because the court extends the discovery deadline, the court also GRANTS defendant’s 

motion to compel the deposition of plaintiff. Plaintiff is to be deposed before the new discovery 

1 Due to this extension the expert and non-expert discovery deadlines are now the same. 

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cut off. 

Plaintiff’s request to have defendant further respond to discovery is GRANTED IN 

PART. Defendant is to respond to plaintiff’s discovery requests, by April 24, 2020, to the extent 

the responses pertain to plaintiff’s complaint of sexual harassment and the subsequent 

investigation. Defendant retains the ability to assert relevant privilege(s) but is reminded not to 

unduly redact or fail to produce such documents or responses without good cause. The remainder 

of plaintiff’s request is DENIED.

Lastly, plaintiff’s request to compel the deposition of the person most knowledgeable 

individual pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) is GRANTED to the extent she 

seeks to depose the individual with knowledge of “Plaintiff’s complaint(s), whether formal,

informal, internal or external, of sexual harassment, retaliation and any investigations conducted 

by Defendant into these complaints.” (ECF No. 24 at 3.) This deposition must be taken before 

the close of discovery. Defendant does not need to produce an individual with knowledge of the 

remaining subjects listed by plaintiff. (See id.)

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The parties’ applications to shorten the time to hear their respective motions to 

compel are GRANTED. (ECF Nos. 19, 22.)

2. The new discovery deadline is June 14, 2020. 

3. Defendant’s motion to compel plaintiff’s deposition (ECF No. 21) is GRANTED 

as set forth above. 

4. Plaintiff’s requests to compel discovery and depositions are GRANTED IN PART 

as set forth above. 

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: April 13, 2020

2776.christ.

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