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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSE WASHINGTON, 

Plaintiff, 

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J. W. ANDREWS, et al.

Defendants. 

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No. 1:07-CV-886-CKJ

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ request to complete Plaintiff’s deposition via

video conference. Plaintiff has not filed an objection to this request. 

The parties may stipulate or the Court may order that a deposition be taken “by

telephone or other remote means.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(4). The “party seeking to depose a

witness telephonically must present a legitimate reason for its request.” Cressler v.

Neuenschwander, 170 F.R.D. 20, 21 (D.Kan. 1996). The Court finds Defendants have

shown good cause for deposing Plaintiff by video conference.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED:

1. Defendants’ Request to Take Plaintiff’s Deposition Via Video Conference

[Doc. # 34] is GRANTED.

2. Counsel for Defendants may conduct Plaintiff’s deposition via video

conference.

DATED this 22nd day of March, 2010.

Case 1:07-cv-00886-AWI-MJS Document 35 Filed 03/22/10 Page 1 of 1