Sucart v. Office of the Commissioner

Yuri Sucart and Jose Gustavo Gomez seek writs of certiorari to prevent the plaintiff in the lawsuit below from taking their depositions. They contend that federal law preempts the lawsuit, and therefore the trial court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to issue the subpoenas. Because the record before us does not clearly establish that the lawsuit is preempted, Sucart and Gomez have failed to meet the high standard required for the issuance of the extraordinary writ. We therefore deny the petitions.

In the lawsuit below, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball alleged that eight defendants…