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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STUART P. TITUS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR 

ASSOCIATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-01043-SBA (DMR)

ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY 

LETTER BRIEFS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 110, 112

The court is in receipt of the parties’ November 4, 2015 joint discovery letter [Docket No. 

110] and November 13, 2015 letter from Ms. Tyler [Docket No. 112] regarding the attendance of 

Ms. Tyler at upcoming depositions. The court finds that the matter is appropriate for resolution 

without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). 

Depositions are scheduled to begin on November 16, 2015. [Docket No. 110]. Ms. Tyler 

is not a party; she is a claims manager for defendants’ insuring entity. Plaintiffs seek to exclude 

her from attending depositions due to allegedly disruptive conduct in past depositions. Defendants 

assert that she was not disruptive, and should be able to attend in order to observe the deponents 

and assess their effectiveness and credibility. 

The parties have represented to the court that all of the scheduled depositions, with the 

exception of one, will be videotaped, and that arrangements can easily be made for a person to 

observe all scheduled future depositions by Skype, Facetime, or a similar program. [Docket No. 

114.] Therefore, the court rules as follows. Ms. Tyler may observe the depositions remotely 

through a system such as Skype, Facetime, or similar program. The program shall be muted on 

Ms. Tyler’s side during the deposition, so that she can type on her computer without causing noise 

in the deposition room, while having the opportunity to observe the witness. Ms. Tyler will also 

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be able to assess the witnesses by viewing their videotaped depositions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 13, 2015

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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