Opinion ID: 167476
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Deposition of Ida Castro

Text: Finally, Ms. Smith challenges the district court’s denial of her motion for leave to depose Ms. Castro, the former chair of the EEOC. The magistrate judge denied Ms. Smith’s motion because the EEOC had shown that “Ms. Castro has no -14- personal knowledge or recollection of Plaintiff or this lawsuit or the administrative case and grievance,” Aplt. Ap. at 108, and Ms. Smith had not shown that the deposition would produce any information leading to admissible evidence, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 26. On appeal the extent of Ms. Smith’s argument is: “This witness has discoverable information about the supervision of this office and management decisions, including first-hand knowledge of the denial of Ms. Smith’s grievance.” Aplt. Br. at 28. We are not persuaded.