Apple Hill Growers v. El Dorado Orchards, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 APPLE HILL GROWERS, No. 2:17–cv–02085–TLN–CKD Plaintiff/Counter- Defendant, ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO v. REOPEN DISCOVERY & TO COMPEL DEPOSITIONS & FOR SANCTIONS EL DORADO ORCHARDS, INC., et al., (ECF No. 78) Defendants/Counter- Claimants. 17 Presently before the court1 is defendants’ motion to (I) reopen discovery for the limited purpose of deposing six of plaintiffs’ witnesses, (II) compel the depositions of these six witnesses, and (III) impose sanctions against plaintiff Apple Hill Growers (“AHG”) or plaintiff’s counsel for the conduct leading to this motion. (ECF No. 78.) Defendants filed a document styled as a joint statement regarding the dispute but attaching a separate statement of plaintiff’s position on the joint statement. (ECF Nos. 85, 85.1.) This was done at the suggestion of plaintiff’s counsel, Catherine Ashley…