Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EPICENTRX, INC., Case No.: 20cv1058-JO (MSB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE EPICENTRX’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE

COREY A. CARTER, M.D.,

AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY

Defendant. DEPOSITIONS

16 [ECF No. 133]

Currently before this Court is Plaintiff’s “Motion for Leave to Take an Additional Twenty Depositions Under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 30(a)(2)(A)(i), Pursuant to December 1, 2021 Court Order.” ECF No. 133. The December 1, 2021 Court Order is this Court’s Order setting the briefing schedule for multiple discovery disputes. ECF No. 128. Defendant filed a Response in Opposition. ECF No. 135. For the below reasons, the Motion is DENIED without prejudice. Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[a] party must obtain leave of court, and the court must grant leave to the extent consistent with Rule 26(b)(1) and (2) . . . . if the parties have not stipulated to the deposition and .…