Banga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NAVJEET SINGH BANGA, Case No. 16-cv-04270-RS (DMR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT DISCOVERY

v. LETTER

CHRIS GUS KANIOS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 359 Defendants.

The court has reviewed the February 26, 2021 joint discovery letter brief regarding the parties’ dispute about the deposition fees for Plaintiff Navjeet Singh Banga’s economic damages expert, Sidney P. Blum. [Docket No. 359.] This matter is suitable for determination without a hearing. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). I. BACKGROUND Banga disclosed Blum as an expert witness on July 10, 2020. [Docket No. 335-2 at ECF pp. 3-20 (Expert Disclosure).] The disclosure stated, “Mr. Blum’s . . . deposition and trial testimony rate is $750” per hour. Id. at ECF p. 4. On July 23, 2020, Banga served Blum’s expert report on Defendants. Inexplicably, the report set forth a higher rate for deposition and trial testimony. Blum wrote in his report, “[m]y rate is fixed at $6,500 per…