Ashton Woods Holdings L.L.C. v. USG Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ASHTON WOODS HOLDINGS L.L.C., et Case No. 15-cv-01247-HSG al., ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR Plaintiffs, LIVE-STREAMED TRIAL TESTIMONY AND DENYING AS v. MOOT MOTIONS TO INTERVENE AND SHORTEN TIME USG CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 82, 91, 92, 97, 98 Defendants. 12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for live-streamed trial testimony, for which briefing is complete. Dkt. No. 82 (“Mot.”), Dkt. No. 101 (“Opp.”), 115 (“Reply”). The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). Plaintiffs seek to present the testimony of several out-of-state witnesses by live-streamed video at trial, relying on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43. That rule provides that “[f]or good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the…