Estate of William Hayden Schuck v. County of San Diego

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ESTATE OF WILLIAM HAYDEN Case No.: 3:23-cv-00785-DMS-AHG SCHUCK, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

Plaintiffs, DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

CONDUCT LIMITED DISCOVERY

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., TO ASCERTAIN DOE DEFENDANTS Defendants. 16 [ECF No. 10] 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Motion for Leave to Conduct Limited Discovery to Ascertain “Doe” Defendants’ Identities. ECF No. 10. Plaintiffs ask the Court to permit them to propound special interrogatories prior to the Rule 26(f) conference, to identify approximately 22 unnamed defendants. Id. at 8–9. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Plaintiffs’ motion. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Sabrina Schuck and Timothy Schuck (“Plaintiffs”), the parents of deceased Hayden Schuck (“Hayden”), filed a Complaint1 against the County of San Diego…