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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIANS FOR DISABILITY

RIGHTS, et al.

Plaintiff(s),

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION, et al.

Defendant(s).

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No. C06-5125 SBA (BZ)

THIRD DISCOVERY ORDER

Before the court is plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel

Depositions and Request for Sanctions. The court is

disappointed that the parties could not resolve this problem

with the court’s guidance. If the parties persist in such

poor discovery management, the court will consider appointing

a discovery referee. 

Having viewed the moving papers, the opposition, the

reply and the transcripts of the depositions of Roger

Peterson, Julie Curry, Ruth Patricia Esther Jonas-Goldkorn and

Stephanie Bussi, the court finds no need for further argument. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

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1. Defendants shall be initially limited to taking up to

5 additional depositions of people who submitted declarations

in support of class certification. Defendants may select

which 5 declarants they wish to depose. Each deposition shall

be limited to 2 hours. The court is troubled that some of the

depositions previously taken seem to have been unduly

prolonged and to have gotten into areas which seem unduly

intrusive and conversely, that the defendants have made little

showing of how the information gleaned in the depositions they

have taken, will assist them in opposing class certification. 

2. The depositions shall be completed as soon as

possible and by no later than December 7, 2007. 

3. If after completing these depositions, defendants

believe they need further time from a specific deponent or,

based on these depositions, believe they need further

depositions to oppose class certification, they may seek

further relief.

4. The request for sanctions is DENIED. Some of

plaintiffs’ concerns were justified and defendants failed to

comply with Local Rule 7-8.

Dated: November 28, 2007

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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