Reloj
Reloj v. Government Employees Insurance Company Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CONRAD RELOJ, on behalf of himself and Case No.: 21cv1751-L (MSB) others similarly situated,
DISCOVERY ORDER
Plaintiff, [ECF NO. 178] v.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE
COMPANY INC.,
16 Defendant. 17 18 Currently before the Court is Defendant Government Employees Insurance Company’s (“GEICO” or “Defendant”) ex parte motion seeking to compel thirteen opt-in plaintiffs to appear for depositions and for $20,155.95 in sanctions. (ECF No. 178 (“Motion”).) GEICO explains that the $20,155.95 represents the “reasonable costs and attorney fees incurred by Defendant in connection with plaintiffs’ failure to appear and this proceeding.” (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff Conrad Reloj and the Putative Collective and Class (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed an Opposition on November 2, 2023, explaining that while they “do not contest the issuance of an order compelling deposition attendance for the Opt-in Plaintiffs at issue, Plaintiffs vehemently oppose the imposition of…