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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

I-ENTERPRISE CO.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

DRAPER FISHER JURVETSON

MANAGEMENT CO., et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C-03-01561 MMC (EDL)

ORDER ON: (A) DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO COMPEL (1) FURTHER

DEPOSITION TESTIMONY FROM

STEPHEN ROY CONCERNING CLAIMS

ADDED BY I-ENTERPRISE COMPANY

LLC’s THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT

(“TAC”), (2) FURTHER DEPOSITION

TESTIMONY OF IEC EXPERT THOMAS

L. PORTER, PH.D. ON DOCUMENTS

NOT TIMELY PRODUCED BY IEC’S

COUNSEL, (3) RESPONSES TO

DEFENDANTS’ REQUESTS FOR

ADMISSION, INTERROGATORIES AND

DOCUMENT REQUESTS ON CLAIMS

ADDED BY THE TAC, AND (4)

SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT

PRODUCTION ON DEFENDANTS’

REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION ON

CLAIMS ADDED BY IEC’S TAC; AND (B)

IEC’s MOTION TO REOPEN THE

DEPOSITION OF PAUL GOMPERS

Presently before the Court are: (A) the motion of Defendants, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Management

Company V, LLC (“Fund V LLC”), Draper Fisher Jurvetson Management Co. VI, LLC (“Fund VI LLC”),

Timothy C. Draper, John H. N. Fisher and Stephen T. Jurvetson (collectively, “Defendants”), for an order

compelling: (1) further deposition testimony from Stephen Roy concerning claims added by I-Enterprise

Company LLC (“IEC”) in its Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”) and the note passed to him by his counsel

during the deposition, for production of the note shown to him by IEC’s counsel and ordering that IEC’s

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counsel not engage in speaking objections during any further deposition of Mr. Roy; (2) further deposition

testimony from IEC’s testifying expert Thomas L. Porter, Ph.D. concerning the contents of Dr. Porter’s

documents not produced by IEC until after his deposition and any related conversations with IEC’s in-house

and outside counselconcerning same; (3) responses to Draper Fisher Jurvetson Management Co. VI, LLC’s

Third Request For ProductionOfDocuments To I-Enterprise Company LLC;(4) responses to Draper Fisher

Jurvetson Management Company V, LLC’s Fourth Set Of Interrogatories To I-Enterprise Company LLC;

(5) responses to First Requests For Admission of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Management Company V, LLC

To I-Enterprise Company LLC; (6) responses to First Requests for Admission of Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Management Co. VI, LLC To I-Enterprise Company LLC; (7) responses to First Requests For Admission

By Timothy C. Draper To I-Enterprise Company LLC; (8) responses to First Requests For Admission By

John H. N. Fisher To I-Enterprise Company LLC; and (9) responses to First Requests For Admission By

StephenT. JurvetsonTo I-Enterprise Company LLC; and (B) IEC’s motion to reopen the deposition ofnonparty Paul Gompers (“Prof. Gompers”). 

Having considered the parties’ respective moving papers, opposition papers, the declarations and

responses submitted by Prof. Gompers, the evidence and arguments presented at oralargument and the case

record, the Court finds that each of Defendants’ and IEC’s motions are HEREBY GRANTED IN PART

AND DENIED IN PART.

With respect to Defendants’ motion, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

(1) IEC’s counsel, Elliot Peters, shall submit by November 15, 2005 a declaration attaching for

the Court’s in camera review the note he showed to Mr. StephenRoy during Mr. Roy’s September 22, 2005

deposition. If that note has been discarded, Mr. Peters shall provide the details of his search for the note in

a publicly-filed declaration and shall also provide a separately lodged declaration describing the text ofthe note

for the Court’s in camera review. The Court defers its ruling on Defendants’ motion to compel further

testimony fromMr. Roy until after the Court has completed itsin camera reviewofthe note and/or Mr. Peters’

declarations;

 (2) With respect to Defendants’ motion for further deposition testimony from IEC’s testifying

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expert Thomas L. Porter, Ph.D., the Court denies Defendants’ motion as moot; 

(3) IEC shall produce to Defendants’ counsel by November 18, 2005 all monthly, quarterly and

annual reports prepared by I-Group Hotbank, as called for in Request No. 84 of Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Management Co. VI, LLC’s Third Request For Production Of Documents To I-Enterprise Company LLC;

and

(4) IEC shall serve by November 18, 2005 revised responses to Request No. 10 of the First

Requests for Admission of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Management Co. VI, LLC To I-Enterprise Company

LLC, and Request No. 3 of First Requests For Admission By Timothy C. Draper To I-Enterprise Company

LLC.

With respect to IEC’smotionto reopen the deposition ofProf. Gompers, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

that:

(1) Defendants shall produce Prof. Gompers for up to two additional hours of testimony. IEC’s

further deposition shall be limited to questions concerningthe offeringmemoranda referenced inProf. Gompers’

expert report, including their contents, his conclusions based on their contents, and how those offering

memoranda and resulting contents affected his opinions in this case; and

(2) Prof. Gompers’ further deposition shall be held at a place and time mutually agreed upon by

counsel for IEC and Defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2005 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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