Van Osten v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DENISE VAN OSTEN, Case No.: 19CV2106 CAB (BGS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S

v. DEPOSITION

HOME DEPOT, U.S.A., INC., Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION On October 23, 2020, the parties submitted a Joint Letter Brief to raise a discovery dispute regarding the completion of Plaintiff Denise Van Osten’s deposition. (Ex. 1.) Defendant Home Depot seeks an order compelling Plaintiff to appear for the completion of her deposition, monetary sanctions against Plaintiff and her counsel, and an extension of fact discovery to allow Defendant to complete Plaintiff’s deposition. (Id. at 2-3.)

24 1 The Court acknowledges that Defendant requests to more fully brief the issue. However, Plaintiff’s deposition was originally noticed for March 10, 2020, (ECF 34 at 4) 26 and as detailed below, did not even occur for the first session until June 10, 2020. It has already required four different sessions…