Heitkoetter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARKUS HEITKOETTER, et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-0368-KES-BAM 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO COMPEL THE

13 v. DEPOSITION OF EMMETT MOORE AND

FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST EMMETT

14 KARL DOMM, MOORE AND DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL 15 Defendant. (Doc. 132) 16 17

18 Currently before the Court is Plaintiffs Markus Heitkoetter and Rockwell Trading 19 Services, LLC’s (“Plaintiffs”) motion to compel the deposition of Emmett Moore and motion for 20 sanctions against Emmett Moore and Defendant’s counsel. (Doc. 132.) Having considered the 21 briefing, and the entire docket, and for the reasons discussed below, the Court denies Plaintiffs’ 22 motion to compel the deposition of Emmett Moore and further denies all related requests for 23 sanctions. 24 I. Brief Factual and Procedural Background 25 In the interest of brevity, the Court highlights pertinent parts of the case background. 26 Plaintiffs Markus Heitkoetter and…