Sandy Santos v. Highland AL-MC GP, LLC

I.

BACKGROUND

On October 5, 2018, Plaintiff Sandy Santos (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action by filing a Complaint for Damages for Disability Discrimination in Employment, Wrongful Termination, and Related Claims (“Complaint”) in the San Bernardino County Superior Court. Dkt. 1, Ex. A. On November 5, 2018, Defendant filed an Answer. Dkt. 1, Ex. B. On November 7, 2018, Defendant removed the action to this Court. Dkt. 1. On February 14, 2019, the Court issued a Scheduling Order setting a discovery cut-off (including hearing of discovery motions) of September 30, 2019 and trial for February 4, 2020. Dkt. 13. On Friday, September 20, 2019, Plaintiff served a deposition notice with three subpoenas commanding the appearance of nonparty witnesses, Taylor Shreve, Melissa Espitia, and Jennifer Lee, for deposition on September 30, 2019 at Plaintiff’s counsel’s office in Los Angeles. Dkt. 18-2, Declaration of Haley Morrison (“Morrison Decl.”), ¶ 2, Ex. 1; Dkt. 22-1, Declaration of Zach McCort (“McCort Decl.”), ¶ 4. On September 24, 2019, Plaintiff’s counsel’s litigation assistant, Zach McCort, confirmed with the messenger service that “service of deponents was proceeding.” McCort…