Wheeler
Wheeler v. American Family Home Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JAMES WHEELER, Case No. 20-cv-01502-JSW (LB)
Plaintiff,
DISCOVERY ORDER
v. Re: ECF Nos. 53, 59, 63–65 AMERICAN FAMILY HOME
INSURANCE COMPANY,
15 Defendant. 16 The parties have several discovery disputes. The court can decide them without oral argument. N.D. Cal. Civ. L. R. 7-1(b). Issue one (raised in ECF Nos. 53, 59, and 63) is the deposition of Yolanda George, who is the plaintiff’s ex-fiancé. AFH wants to depose her. The plaintiff’s attorney also represents Ms. George. He contends that because AFH did not serve her personally, the court should quash the subpoena. AFH tried to serve her, one time serving her sister and the second time trying to serve her as she left her house in her car.1 The court is confident that the parties can do better. Generally, when someone is represented and stands on personal service, the parties confer on a time to serve the subpoena because Rule 45(b)(1) requires…