Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 San Francisco Division 11 STACIA STINER, et al., Case No. 17-cv-03962-HSG (LB) 12 Plaintifts, Re: ECF No. 233 13 V. © 14 BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING, INC., et 5 15 te Defendants. a 16 = 17 The parties dispute the scope of the plaintiffs’ Rule 30(b)(6) depositions that they scheduled 18 for this month in anticipation of the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. (Letter Brief — ECF 19 No. 233.) The court held a hearing on April 22, 2021. The court allows five days of depositions on 20 the topics designated by the plaintiffs in the letter brief. at 3.) The case is complex and 21 sprawling. Courts allow more extensive Rule 30(b) depositions on complex cases akin to this one. 22 See, e.g., Lopez v. S.F. Unified Sch. Dist., No. C 99-00230 SI, 2004 WL 6065998, at *3—4 (N.D. 23 Cal. Mar. 4, 2004). 25 Dated: April 22, 2021 Lit EC 26 United States Magistrate Judge 28