Gonzalez
Gonzalez v. City of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARIO GONZALEZ, et al., Case No. 21-cv-09733-DMR
Plaintiffs,
ORDER ON JULY 27, 2023 JOINT
v. DISCOVERY LETTER
CITY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 90 Defendants.
The parties filed a joint discovery letter on July 27, 2023 in which the Gonzalez Plaintiffs seek a protective order preventing Edith Arenales from contacting, deposing, or attempting to subpoena their retained experts. [Docket No. 90 (Jt. Letter).] Because Defendants are unable to depose those experts until this dispute is resolved, Defendants request that the expert discovery deadline be continued from September 15, 2023 to September 29, 2023. This matter is suitable for resolution without a hearing. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, the Gonzalez Plaintiffs’ motion is granted, and Defendants’ request is denied as moot. On December 8, 2022, the court denied Arenales’ motion to consolidate the trial in her case (4:22-cv-00718-DMR) with this…