PLAINTIFFS' EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER COMPELLING DEPOSITION

The Court has reviewed Plaintiffs’ ex parte application and the declarations and exhibits in support thereof. The Court is inclined to deny the application, for the reasons set forth below:

Code of Civil Procedure Section 2025.450 states that “[i]f, after service of a deposition notice, a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, or a person designated by an organization that is a party under Section 2025.230, without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410, fails to appear for examination, or to proceed with it, or to produce for inspection any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing described in the deposition notice, the party giving the notice may move for an order compelling the deponent's attendance and testimony, and the production for inspection of any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing described in the d