Sheikh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 FIRDOS S. SHEIKH, M.D., No. 2:23-cv-01582-TLN-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application seeking an order requiring that the 18 Rule 30(b)(6) depositions of Defendant Spinnaker Insurance Company (“Spinnaker”) and third- 19 party Hippo Analytics Inc. (“Hippo”)—formerly a defendant in this action—commence on or 20 before December 15, 2025.1 ECF No. 75. Defendant Spinnaker and third-party Hippo oppose the 21 application. ECF No. 76. The Court specially set a hearing on the application on December 1, 22 2025. At the hearing, Plaintiff clarified that she now seeks an order requiring that the Rule 23 30(b)(6) depositions occur on or before December 19, 2025. 24 As background to the instant dispute, Plaintiff first noticed the Rule 30(b)(6) depositions 25 of Spinnaker and Hippo on April 26, 2025. Defendants then sought a protective order limiting 26 the scope of those…