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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Lynne Korff, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Phoenix, City of, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-13-02317-PHX-ESW

ORDER 

 The Court has considered Defendants’ Motion to Take Depositions of Michael 

O’Brien and Christina O’Brien at Federal Courthouse (Doc. 150), Plaintiff’s Response 

(Doc. 154), and Defendants’ Reply (Doc. 176). This Court has ruled pursuant to Rules 

26 and 30, Fed. R. Civ. P., that Defendants are permitted to exceed their ten deposition 

limit. The Court further found that the discovery sought was relevant to the subject 

matter at issue in this litigation. Finally, the information sought is not cumulative or 

duplicative, able to be obtained from other sources, burdensome, or untimely sought. 

The Court has ruled that the events immediately leading up to the shooting of decedent 

are in dispute. See Orders of the Court dated March 25, 2015 (Doc. 192) and March 16, 

2015 (Doc. 185). Discovery regarding those events is relevant. See Boyd v. City & Cnty 

of San Francisco, 576 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2009); Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989). 

Relevant information need not be admissible at trial to be discoverable provided it is 

reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(b)(1). 

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 IT IS ORDERED granting Defendants’ Motion (Doc. 150). The depositions of 

Michael O’Brien and Christina O’Brien shall proceed at the Federal Courthouse where all 

persons shall be screened at security. A Deputy Marshal shall be available. Counsel 

shall initiate a joint conference call to the Court’s Judicial Assistant with several mutually 

agreed-upon afternoon dates to schedule a time convenient to the Court’s docket so the 

courtroom will be available for use. Counsel are advised that the courtroom is not 

usually available in the morning. 

 Dated this 1st day of April, 2015. 

Honorable Eileen S. Willett

United States Magistrate Judge

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