Bungie Inc v. Aimjunkies.com

Opinion

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WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 5 BUNGIE, INC., 6 Plaintiff, C21-0811 TSZ 7 v. MINUTE ORDER 8 AIMJUNKIES.COM, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable 11 Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: (1) Defendants’ motion to compel payment of expert witness deposition fee, 12 docket no. 271, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The motion is GRANTED as to $4,200 in deposition fees for Mr. Brad LaPorte. Because this is neither a complex case 13 nor are there extenuating circumstances justifying additional payment, the motion is DENIED as to all other relief sought. See, e.g., Eclipse Grp. LLP v. Target Corp., Case 14 No. 15-cv-1411, 2017 WL 5885544, at *3 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 29, 2017) (“The Court agrees with the cases holding that the deposing party should only be responsible for reasonable 15 expert deposition preparation fees in complex cases or in extenuating circumstances.”). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4)(E), Plaintiff is ORDERED to pay 16 $4,200 to Defendants no later than February 9, 2024. Any check must be made payable to both Mr. LaPorte and to Defendants. 17 (2) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of 18 record. 19 Dated this 19th day of January, 2024. 20 Ravi Subramanian 21 Clerk 22 s/Laurie Cuaresma Deputy Clerk