Paz-Villagomez
Paz-Villagomez v. The Step 2 Company, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALEXIS PAZ-VILLAGOMEZ, Case No. 20-cv-00606-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART
v. DEFENDANT'S EX PARTE
APPLICATION FOR MOTION TO
THE STEP2 COMPANY, LLC, COMPEL DEPOSITION TESTIMONY
OF CHRISTINA LANSDOWN, LMFT
Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 70 12 On April 14, 2021, defendant The Two Step Company, LLC filed an ex parte application for motion to compel deposition testimony of Christina Lansdown, LMFT. Dkt. No. 70. On April 16, 2021, plaintiff filed an opposition to defendant’s ex parte application and defendant filed a reply. Dkt. Nos. 71; 72. Defendant’s ex parte application concerns deposition testimony of Christina Lansdown, a therapist who provided plaintiff and plaintiff’s family with family counseling. Dkt. No. 71 at 1. During Ms. Lansdown’s deposition, Ms. Lansdown declined to answer questions regarding her communications with plaintiff and plaintiff’s family and asserted the psychotherapist-client 21 …