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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEON GRAY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DAGE, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:10-cv-1928-TLN-EFB P 

ORDER FOLLOWING JULY 23, 2014 

HEARING AND STATUS CONFERENCE 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. This action was before the court on July 23, 2014, for hearing on defendant’s 

motion to compel the deposition of plaintiff’s expert witness, Dr. Adler, to set a reasonable expert 

witness fee for that deposition, cross motions for sanctions, and for a status conference. The 

matter was also before the court for further hearing regarding the April 11, 2014 Order to Show 

Cause directed at plaintiff’s counsel. ECF No. 103. As stated on the record, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

1. By August 6, 2014, plaintiff’s counsel shall pay the Clerk of the Court $200 in monetary 

sanctions for his failure to comply with the federal and local rules and this court’s October 

24, 2013 order directing the filing of a joint pretrial statement. See E.D. Cal. Local Rules 

110, 281; Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f). 

2. Defendant’s motion to compel (ECF No. 105) is granted to the extent that defendant shall 

complete the deposition of Dr. Adler by October 21, 2014. The deposition shall take 

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place at a mutually agreeable location near the Ventura County Jail, the Los Angeles 

International Airport, or Dr. Adler’s Southern California residence. In light of the 

location for the deposition, Dr. Adler need not be paid travel costs. Additionally, in light 

of defense counsel’s representations regarding payment of Dr. Adler’s fee, there is no 

basis for requiring that the fee be paid in advance of the deposition. Dr. Adler’s fee for 

attending the deposition may include the actual time spent being deposed, and up to five 

and half hours of preparation time (including one and a half hours conferring with 

counsel). 

3. Before the court can set a “reasonable” fee for purposes of Rule 26(b)(4)(E)(i) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff must file a sworn declaration signed by Dr. 

Adler as to prevailing market rates. That declaration shall be filed by August 6, 2014 and 

shall substantiate Dr. Adler’s proposed rates of $465 per hour in preparation time (see 

ECF No. 107, Ex. B) and $750 per hour in deposition time (see id.). The declaration shall 

also disclose the case numbers and the rates charged and received by Dr. Adler in the San 

Diego case (see id. at 4) and the San Francisco case, Ayala v. CDCR (see id., Ex. A). Any 

response thereto by defendant shall be filed by August 13, 2014. 

4. Any motion regarding the costs of deposing plaintiff’s other expert, Dr. Lasker, shall be 

heard no later than October 21, 2014. 

5. The discovery deadline (as extended on April 11, 2014, ECF No. 103) is further extended 

to October 21, 2014 for the limited purpose of allowing for the completion of Dr. Adler’s 

deposition and for the resolution of any motion regarding the costs of deposing Dr. 

Lasker. 

6. The parties’ cross-motions for sanctions (ECF Nos. 105, 107) are denied. 

7. Trial and final pretrial conference information is set forth in the concurrently issued order 

directing the filing of a joint pretrial statement and setting dates for a final pretrial 

conference and trial. 

DATED: July 24, 2014. 

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