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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYLVIA FITCH,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02769-SI 

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY

Re: Dkt. No. 44

The parties have submitted a joint letter regarding a dispute over a further deposition of 

plaintiff. Plaintiff was deposed on January 11 and 12, 2016, for approximately eight hours. 

Defendant requests six additional hours of deposition time in order to examine plaintiff about her 

numerous allegations of race and age discrimination and retaliation. Defendant also states that 

plaintiff raised new claims about an alleged disability, defendant's failure to engage in the 

interactive process, and disability discrimination in amended discovery responses received by the 

District on January 4, 2016, and that plaintiff's medical records were not produced by the 

deposition date. Defendant also states that at her deposition, plaintiff introduced new claims of 

gender discrimination, new facts and new documents, all of which require follow-up. 

Plaintiff opposes sitting for any additional deposition time, and asserts that defense counsel 

wasted time at the deposition by engaging in unnecessary, redundant, and abusive questioning.

The Court has reviewed the plaintiff's deposition transcript, and concludes that while some 

questioning appears to have been redundant, defendant has demonstrated good cause for some 

additional deposition time. The Court finds that an additional four and a half hours should be 

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sufficient to conclude questioning plaintiff about her various claims as well as the recently 

produced documents.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2016

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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