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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE HARMONIC, INC. SECURITIES

LITIGATION

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This Document Relates to:

ALL ACTIONS.

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No. C-00-2287 PJH (EMC)

ORDER RE SECOND DEPOSITION OF

CHARLES CONNER

(Docket Nos. 290-91)

The issue before the Court is whether or not Defendants should be permitted to take a second

deposition of a third-party witness Charles Conner. Under Rule 30(a)(2), “[a] party must obtain leave

of court, and the court must grant leave to the extent consistent with Rule 26(b)(2) . . . if the parties have

not stipulated to the deposition and . . . the deponent has already been deposed in the case . . . .” Fed.

R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(A)(ii). Although a close call, Plaintiffs did not clearly stipulate to a second

deposition of Mr. Conner. Accordingly, the question is whether a second deposition would be consistent

with Rule 26(b)(2). The Court finds that Defendants have met this standard. Given, inter alia, the

importance of the witness, the existence of documents about which the witness has not been questioned,

and the magnitude of the case, the likely benefit of a second deposition outweighs any burden or

expense. Indeed, there appears to be no burden to Mr. Conner because he has agreed to a second

deposition. As for the burden on Plaintiffs, it is negligible, especially as the Court is ordering

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Defendants to pay for the reasonable travel costs for Plaintiffs’ counsel to attend the second deposition

in Denver, Colorado.

The Court therefore orders that a second deposition of Mr. Conner shall proceed. The parties

should meet and confer as to the scheduling of the deposition.

This order disposes of Docket Nos. 290 and 291.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 14, 2007

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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