Sheets

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TAYLOR BRUCE SHEETS, No. 2:19-cv-02451 KJM AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER JASON W. LIPPERT, PLACER COUNTY

SHERIFF DEPUTY,

15 Defendant.

17 This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion to compel plaintiff’s deposition. ECF No. 16. The parties filed the required joint statement (ECF No. 18) and the matter was heard on the papers. ECF No. 18. Discovery in this case is set to conclude on October 1, 2021. ECF No. 15. The motion to compel is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I. Relevant Background On July 22, 2021, plaintiff sat for his deposition and became emotional during questioning. ECF No. 18 at 3. Counsel conferred off record and came to a stipulation that was recorded on the record. Id. The stipulation reads as follows, with defense counsel speaking: “we stipulated that we can continue today’s deposition under the following terms: That they give us a date to recontinue this deposition…