Puckett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 JEREMY PHILLIP PUCKETT, No. 2:22-cv-0350 KJM DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants. 17 Pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1) this matter came before the undersigned on February 2, 2024, for hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel depositions. (ECF No. 57.) Attorneys Harrison Frahn, Ryan Snyder, and Hilary Soloff appeared on behalf of plaintiff. Attorney John Whitefleet appeared on behalf of defendants. After hearing oral argument, for the reasons explained below and at the February 2, 2024 hearing, plaintiff’s motion is granted. As explained by the assigned District Judge: This action arises from [plaintiff’s] prosecution and conviction for the robbery and murder of Anthony Galati. In 2020, almost 19 years later, the California superior court granted plaintiff’s writ of habeas corpus and vacated his convictions. A year later, the superior court found plaintiff…