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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SID LANDAU,

Plaintiff,

v.

W.T. VOSS, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:07-cv-00815-AWI-DLB PC

ORDER PROHIBITING ANYONE BUT 

PLAINTIFF TO PARTICIPATE IN 

JEROME ROGERS’ DEPOSITION ON 

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Plaintiff Sid Landau (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding against 

Defendants James Forrest and Leo Adcock for excessive force in violation of the Fourteenth 

Amendment. Plaintiff’s claim arises out of Defendants’ alleged use of excessive force while he 

was at Coalinga State Hospital (“CSP”) on December 15, 2006 when they forcibly removed him 

from a latrine. This case is currently set for trial on March 18, 2014. 

On February 10, 2014, the Court reopened discovery for the limited purpose to allow 

Defendants to take the deposition of Jerome Rogers, a percipient witness disclosed by Plaintiff. 

Mr. Rogers’ deposition is now scheduled for February 24, 2014, at the West Valley Detention 

Center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. On February 18, 2014, Defendants requested an order 

from the Court prohibiting anyone but Plaintiff from participating in Jerome Rogers’ deposition. 

(ECF No. 151.) Defendants argue that in the past, at a previous deposition and at a settlement 

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conference in this matter, Mr. Lawrence Lowe and Mr. Mark Sokowlsky have appeared with 

Plaintiff and have interfered with the judicial process. Neither of these individual is a licensed 

attorney and Defendants want to ensure that the deposition of Jerome Rogers proceeds without 

any interference from either one of these two individuals. Defendants do not have any objections 

to other individuals being present in the room with Plaintiff, so long as it is for the limited purpose 

of assisting Plaintiff with his hearing disability.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that no one but Plaintiff may participate in the 

deposition of Jerome Rogers, scheduled for February 24, 2014, except for the limited purpose of 

assisting Plaintiff with his hearing disability.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 20, 2014 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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