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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 JUNE NEWIRTH, et al., Case No. 16-cv-03991-JSW (RMI)

9 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE

10 v. Re: Dkt. No. 182 11 AEGIS SENIOR COMMUNITIES LLC, 12 Defendant.

13 14 Now pending before the court is a discovery dispute presented in a jointly filed letter brief 15 (dkt. 182) through which Defendants request that the court delay the further depositions of 16 Plaintiffs’ expert witnesses, Cristina Flores and Dale Schroyer, as well as the inspection of a 17 Discrete Event Simulation software program called MedModel, until August of this year due to 18 the in-person and travel-related restrictions caused by the current global pandemic. Plaintiffs on 19 the other hand assert that no delay is necessary as the depositions and inspection can continue by 20 remote means. 21 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(4) allows for the taking of depositions by remote 22 means on stipulation of the parties, or by order of the court, and “[t]his court…