JUDGE JOHN P. DOYLE
DEPARTMENT 58
Hearing Date: December 9, 2019
Case Name: Alpine Group v. Gooding & Company, Inc., et al.
Case No.: 19STCV02637
Motion: Motion to Compel
Moving Party: Plaintiff Alpine Group
Responding Party: Defendants Falcon Woods, LLC and Charles M. Seeger
Tentative Ruling: The Motion to Compel is granted.
Plaintiff seeks to compel the deposition of Michael Mak Hotung which was noticed for October 23, 2019, in Washington, DC. Hotung is seemingly a resident of Hong Kong.
Defendants Falcon Woods, LLC and Charles M. Seeger principally oppose the Motion on the grounds that (1) Hotung—as a non-party—cannot be required to appear for a deposition via a notice of deposition and (2) a foreign resident cannot be ordered to appear in California for a deposition.
If a foreign deponent “is a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, the service of the deposition notice is effective to compel the deponent to attend and to test
Hearing Date
December 09, 2019
Type
Other Commercial/Business Tort (not fraud/ breach of contract) (General Jurisdiction)
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JUDGE JOHN P. DOYLE
DEPARTMENT 58
Hearing Date: December 9, 2019
Case Name: Alpine Group v. Gooding & Company, Inc., et al.
Case No.: 19STCV02637
Motion: Motion to Compel
Moving Party: Plaintiff Alpine Group
Responding Party: Defendants Falcon Woods, LLC and Charles M. Seeger
Tentative Ruling: The Motion to Compel is granted.
Plaintiff seeks to compel the deposition of Michael Mak Hotung which was noticed for October 23, 2019, in Washington, DC. Hotung is seemingly a resident of Hong Kong.
Defendants Falcon Woods, LLC and Charles M. Seeger principally oppose the Motion on the grounds that (1) Hotung—as a non-party—cannot be required to appear for a deposition via a notice of deposition and (2) a foreign resident cannot be ordered to appear in California for a deposition.
If a foreign deponent “is a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, the service of the deposition notice is effective to compel the deponent to attend and to test