Legal Opinion
Estenfelder v. Gates Corp.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided January 23, 2001No. Civ.A. No. 99-D-896PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING GATES’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE PRESERVATION DEPOSITIONS
SCHLATTER, United States Magistrate Judge.
Defendant Gates Corporation (“Gates”) has filed a Motion for Leave to Take Preservation Depositions. Plaintiff opposes the motion. I will grant the motion.
The depositions at issue are “preservation depositions” to be taken of four of Gates’ former employees: Robert Muddimer, Ian Duncan, Julian Shaw, and David Snowden. All of these individuals reside in Europe, and none of them could be compelled through subpoena to attend the trial of these proceedings. Because these witnesses are…
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