Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_16-cv-06291/USCOURTS-cand-4_16-cv-06291-8/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:2(a) Fair Labor Standards Act

---

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEONA MARINO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CACAFE, INC., ET AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-6291 YGR 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST 

FOR DEPOSITIONS OF THREE OPT-IN 

PLAINTIFFS 

Re: Dkt. No. 135 

The Court has reviewed the parties’ joint discovery letter brief, filed February 28, 2018. 

(Dkt. No. 135.)1 Based upon the arguments therein and the record in this action, the Court 

ORDERS that Defendants’ request to conduct full-day depositions of opt-in plaintiffs Chafino, 

Nisewander, and Harris is GRANTED. Plaintiff acted without a legal basis in attempting to impose 

unilaterally a limit of four hours, contrary to the parameters in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30. 

(See Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2), (d) (parties are limited to ten depositions, and a deposition is limited 

to one day of seven hours, unless otherwise ordered or stipulated)). 

However, once those depositions are completed, the Court ORDERS that defendants are 

limited to no more than 56 additional hours of deposition of opt-in plaintiffs (i.e., an additional 8 

opt-in plaintiffs for 7 hours each, or an additional 14 opt-in plaintiffs for 4 hours each). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

This terminates Docket No. 135. 

Dated: March 5, 2018 

______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

 1

 Any future discovery letter brief filings must be e-filed on ECF properly under the ECF 

Civil Events category: Motions and Related Filings - Motions - General - Discovery Letter Brief. 

Case 4:16-cv-06291-YGR Document 137 Filed 03/05/18 Page 1 of 1