Reayes
Reayes v. Madden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEJUAN REAVES, Case No.: 23-cv-254-DMS-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. COMPEL [Doc. No. 48] MADDEN et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this lawsuit alleging defendants 18 violated his civil rights by using excessive force against him. See generally Doc. No. 1. 19 Defendants obtained leave of court to take plaintiff’s deposition. Doc. No. 33. Defendants 20 now seek an Order compelling plaintiff to answer questions he refused to answer during 21 his deposition, which defendants took on December 18, 2024. See Doc. No. 48. Plaintiff 22 has not timely filed an Opposition. 23 Any party may move the Court for an order compelling a witness to answer a 24 question posed during a deposition. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B)(i). The identities of 25 witnesses are generally discoverable. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A)(i). Using deposition 26 testimony to identify…