Ponce

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALBERTO PONCE, Case No.: 22cv1808-W(LR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S

CALENERGY OPERATING

DEPOSITION

CORPORATION, et al., 15 Defendants. [ECF No. 36.] 16 17 On November 3, 2023, Defendant CalEnergy Operating Corporation (“Defendant”) and Plaintiff Alberto Ponce (“Ponce”) filed a joint motion to address a discovery dispute in which Defendant requests that the Court compel Plaintiff to appear for his deposition and impose monetary sanctions against him, or in the alternative, an order issuing terminating sanctions. (See ECF No. 36, Joint Mot. to Compel (“MTC”).) For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to compel insofar as it seeks an order requiring Plaintiff to appear for his deposition and imposing monetary sanctions against him. As will be reiterated below, the Court cautions Plaintiff that the failure to comply with subsequent orders will…