Howington
Howington v. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 DEBORAH HOWINGTON, et al., Case No. 24-cv-05684-VKD
9 Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE JUNE 26, 2025
10 v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE NAMED PLAINTIFFS' DEPOSITIONS 11 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 70 12 Defendants.
13 14 The parties ask the Court to resolve their dispute regarding the location of named 15 plaintiffs’ depositions, as well as the sequence of those depositions. Dkt. No. 70. The Court finds 16 this dispute suitable for resolution without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). 17 TSMC has asked plaintiffs to produce each of the named plaintiffs for an in-person 18 deposition in the Northern District of California. Dkt. No. 70 at 1. Plaintiffs object that the 19 named plaintiffs who live outside of this District should be deposed in or near their cities of 20 residence. Id. In the alternative, plaintiffs ask that TSMC be required to reimburse them for their 21 travel expenses to and from this…