Legal Opinion
Robert R. Estrada v. James K. Rowland J.S. Stainer R. Haase S. Sosa M. Melgado Garcia and N. Haywood
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1995No. 94-15236PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
The district court dismissed Robert R. Estrada’s § 1983 action when he attended his deposition but refused to testify. Because a party who appears at a deposition but refuses to testify does not “fail to appear” for the purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(d), we reverse and remand.
I
In 1991, Estrada brought a § 1983 prisoner’s action against several employees of the California Department of Corrections alleging assault and property destruction. On July 2, 1993, a Deputy Attorney General attempted to depose Estrada. While Estrada appeared at the deposition, he repeatedly refused to…
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