Reaves

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAREN REAVES, No. 2:22-cv-0219 TLN DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE

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15 Defendant. 17 On March 31, 2023, this matter came before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1) for hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel and defendant’s motion for a protective order. (ECF Nos. 18 & 19.) Attorney Daniel Glass appeared via Zoom on behalf of plaintiff. Attorney Daniel Maguire appeared via Zoom on behalf of defendant. As stated in the parties’ Joint Statement, the parties’ dispute concerns whether defendant’s witnesses should be deposed in person, as plaintiff contends, or remotely, as defendant contends. (ECF No. 21 at 2.) “Depositions are generally available as a matter of right; i.e., without leave of court—at any time after an action is commenced.” RUTTER GROUP PRAC. GUIDE FED. CIV. PRO. BEFORE TRIAL Ch. 11(IV)-A. However, “[t]he court may, for good cause, issue an order to protect…