Defendant David Rodriguez Salazar’s motion to compel non-party/unserved consolidated Defendant Wayne Castillo to comply with deposition subpoena is GRANTED.

Defendant David Rodriguez Salazar (“Salazar”) moves to compel non-party and unserved consolidated Defendant Wayne Castillo (“Castillo”) to appear and testify at deposition pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.450. Castillo was not named a Defendant by Plaintiffs Andrea Y. Obregon-Pulido, Jhonny Cruz, Christopher Cruz and Byron Cruz (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) but was named as a Defendant in the consolidated action filed by Defendant Michael Joseph Bongiorno (“Bongiorno”) (Case No. 19STCV04566). Castillo was never served by Bongiorno in that case.

Under section 2025.450:

If, 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 objec