Barrow v. Greenville Independent School District

FITZWATER, District Judge.

When a party who has already taken the maximum number of depositions allowed by Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(a)(2)(A) moves for, but is denied, leave to take additional ones, to demonstrate abuse of discretion the party must establish the necessity not only of the added depositions but of those taken without court permission pursuant to the presumptive limit of Rule 30(a)(2)(A). Because, in this appeal from a decision of the magistrate judge, plaintiff has not made the required showing, the court affirms the magistrate judge’s August 3, 2001 order denying her second motion for…