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GIBSON v. RESORT AT PARADISE LAKES, LLC, 8:16-cv-791-T-36AAS. (2017)

Court: District Court, M.D. Florida Number: infdco20170228859 Visitors: 3
Filed: Feb. 27, 2017
Latest Update: Feb. 27, 2017
Summary: ORDER AMANDA ARNOLD SANSONE , Magistrate Judge . This matter comes before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Quash Untimely Notice of Taking Deposition of Dreamgirl Int'l ("Motion to Quash") (Doc. 69) and Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Quash (Doc. 73). On February 20, 2017, Defendants, Resort at Paradise Lakes, LLC and Jerry Buchanan moved to quash Plaintiffs, Cielo Jean Gibson, Dessie Mitcheson, Irina Voronina, John Coulter, and Maya Quy's Subpoena to Testify at a Deposi
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ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Quash Untimely Notice of Taking Deposition of Dreamgirl Int'l ("Motion to Quash") (Doc. 69) and Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Quash (Doc. 73).

On February 20, 2017, Defendants, Resort at Paradise Lakes, LLC and Jerry Buchanan moved to quash Plaintiffs, Cielo Jean Gibson, Dessie Mitcheson, Irina Voronina, John Coulter, and Maya Quy's Subpoena to Testify at a Deposition in a Civil Action for the deposition of the Corporate Representative of Dreamgirl International (hereinafter, the "Subpoena") pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45. (Doc. 69-C). On February 24, 2017, Plaintiffs filed their Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Quash. (Doc. 73).

Rule 45(d)(3) provides that "[o]n timely motion, the court for the district where compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: ... subjects a person to undue burden." Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(3) (emphasis added). Here, the district court where compliance is required is in Los Angeles, California. (Doc. 69-C). Because the Middle District of Florida is not the district where compliance is required, the Motion to Quash is improperly filed in this Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(3); Starr Indem. & Liab. Co. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., No. 3:14-CV-1455-J-39JBT, 2015 WL 12862918, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 29, 2015).

Additionally, "[a] motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum may only be made by the party to whom the subpoena is directed except where the party seeking to challenge the subpoena has a personal right or privilege with respect to the subject matter requested in the subpoena." Bender v. Tropic Star Seafood, Inc., No. 4:07CV438-SPM/WCS, 2008 WL 2824450, at *2 (N.D. Fla. July 21, 2008) (quoting Hertenstein v. Kimberly Home Health Care, Inc., 189 F.R.D. 620, 635 (D. Kan. 1999)); see also Stevenson v. Stanley Bostitch, Inc., 201 F.R.D. 551, 555 (N.D. Ga. 2001) (collecting cases) ("[I]t appears to be the general rule of the federal courts that a party has standing to challenge a subpoena when she alleges a `personal right or privilege with respect to the materials subpoenaed.'"). Here, Defendants have not alleged a personal right or privilege with respect to the subject matter in the Subpoena. Thus, Defendants do not have standing to challenge the Subpoena under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45.

III. CONCLUSION

Accordingly, after due consideration, it is ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Quash Untimely Notice of Taking Deposition of Dreamgirl Int'l (Doc. 69) is DENIED.

DONE AND ORDERED.

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