Matheis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN THOMAS MATHEIS, Case No.: 3:20-cv-2100-GPC-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART EX PARTE

MOTION TO TAKE THE

C. GODINEZ, et al.,

DEPOSITIONS OF

Defendants. INCARCERATED PERSONS

[ECF No. 43] 17 This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ Ex Parte Application to Take the Depositions of Incarcerated Persons. ECF No. 43. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(B), Defendants seek leave of Court to take depositions of 13 incarcerated persons, all of whom Defendants believe are witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the incidents at issue in this case.1 Plaintiff has identified 8 of the 13 inmates as witnesses to the alleged incidents, while Defendants have identified an additional 5 inmate witnesses. Id. at 3-4. 24 25 1 These witnesses include: James Martin Rose, CDCR No. E92035, Richard J. Donovan 26 Correctional Facility; …