Local Rule 30-1: Required Consultation Regarding Scheduling
N.D. Cal. — Civil rule
30-1. Required Consultation Regarding Scheduling
For the convenience of witnesses, counsel, and parties, before noticing a deposition of a party or witness affiliated with a party, the noticing party must confer about the scheduling of the deposition with opposing counsel or, if the party is pro se, the party. A party noticing a deposition of a witness who is not a party or affiliated with a party must also meet and confer about scheduling, but may do so after serving the nonparty witness with a subpoena.