ORDER SETTING DEPOSITIONS

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

To keep this case on track for the agreed-upon trial date, an earlier order requested that counsel meet with the special master and agree upon a series of dates for all remaining depositions that need to be taken. Counsel failed to do so. As a result, to keep this case on track, the Court now resorts to setting a schedule and ORDERS that the following depositions go forward on the following dates, all commencing at 8:00 a.m. and lasting up to seven hours:

The foregoing schedule may be modified upon written agreement in advance by all parties. This schedule is without prejudice to any motion, made promptly and in good faith before Judge Corley, for a protective order. Any unilateral motion to change a date on the schedule, however, must (1) show compelling reasons — not merely good cause — for the requested change and (2) offer an alternative date reasonably close to the assigned date.

Otherwise, unavailability of deponents is no excuse. They must make themselves available. If documents reasonably called for before a deposition are produced after the deposition, the party making the late production of documents shall pay for all expenses, including attorney's fees, associated with re-opening the deposition to allow further examination with respect to the subject matter of the belatedly-produced documents. This order is not a substitute for subpoenas, which must still be served on non-party deponents. This schedule is without prejudice to counsel noticing other depositions before the discovery cut-off, subject to the overall deposition limit. More than one deposition may be scheduled for the same day. In no event may depositions be taken after the discovery cut-off.

IT IS SO ORDERED.