Rice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ALLISON BARTON RICE, Case No. 19-cv-04250-LB

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Re: ECF No. 129 FRANCISCO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT This case is about whether the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) violated the Fair Housing Act when it denied the plaintiff’s disability-related request to have a rent-paying roommate in his below-market-rate condominium. The purchase agreement allowed leasing only with the CCSF’s written permission. The CCSF denied him permission.1 The CCSF disputes Mr. Rice’s claims and hired a neuropsychologist as an expert. The plaintiff deposed the expert. During the deposition, where all participants were remote (meaning that the CCSF’s counsel was not in the same room as the expert), the plaintiff marked the expert’s report as an exhibit and shared it onscreen. Meanwhile, the expert was reviewing a hard copy…