`**E-FILED**
`19EV000055
`3/11/2020 12:19 PM
`LeNora Ponzo, Clerk
`Civil Division
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`1N THE STATE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY
`STATE OF GEORGIA
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`Civil Action File No.
`19EV000055
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`DEANDREA CALLOWAY,
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`Plaintiff,
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`CONSTANTIN GUTIERREZ-RIOS
`and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
`COMPANY,
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`Defendant.
`DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
`Defendant Constantino Gutierrez Rios (incorrectly designated in the case caption as
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`“Constantin Gutierrez—Rios”), by and through counsel, moves this Court for a protective order
`relieving him from being deposed by plaintiffs counsel under O.C.G.A. § 9-1 1-45 and 9-1 1-30.
`Defendant shows that his deposition has been noticed to take place at plaintiff’s counsel’s office
`in Macon, Georgia, but defendant resides in Adel, Georgia. As such, having defendant appear
`for a deposition at plaintiff’s counsel’s office in Macon is unduly burdensome. Accordingly,
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`defendant is under no obligation to appear for plaintiffs unilaterally noticed deposition,
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`scheduled for March 13, 2020. Moreover, defendant has a pending Motion to Dismiss, and
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`discovery is stayed for ninety (90) days or until the Court’s ruling on the Motion pursuant to
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`O.C.G.A. § 9-1 1-12 (i). Plaintiff has already served defendant with written discovery requests.
`An in-person deposition in addition to written discovery would be unduly burdensome and
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`exceed the circumstantially necessary “limited discovery” as permitted by O.C.G.A. § 9-1 1-12
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`[SIGNATUREAPPEARS 0NFOLLOWING PAGE]
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`WALDON ADELMAN CASTILLA
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`HIESTAND & PROUTMvfiw
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`Marcia S. Freeman
`Georgia Bar No. 430923
`Ashley L. Yagla
`Georgia Bar No. 238843
`Attorneys for Defendant Gutierrez Rios
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`day ofMarch,2020.
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`900 Circle 75 Parkway
`Suite 1040
`Atlanta, Georgia 30339
`(770) 953-1710
`mfreeman@wachp.com
`ayagla@wachp.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that on March 11, 2020, I electronically filed PLEADING with the Clerk
`of the Court using an O.C.G.A. § 15-6-11 electronic filing service provider which will
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`automatically send e-mail notification of such filing to the following attorney(s) of record:
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`Nadia Nickerson, Esq.
`Law Offices of McLaughlin, Ream & Wyrick
`360 Interstate North Parkway SE
`Suite 375
`Atlanta, GA 30339
`mclau hlinelectronicmail
`liber mutual.com
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`WALDON ADELMAN CASTILLA
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`HIESTAND & PROUTM&«W
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`Marcia S. Freeman
`Georgia Bar No. 430923
`Ashley L. Yagla
`Georgia Bar No. 238843
`Attorneys for Defendant Gutierrez Rios
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`David T. Dorer, Esq.
`Dozier Law Firm, LLC
`327 Third Street
`P.O. Box 13
`Macon, GA 3 1202
`dorer@dozierlaw.com
`This!
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`day of March, 2020.
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`900 Circle 75 Parkway
`Suite 1040
`Atlanta, Georgia 30339
`(770) 953-1710
`mfreeman@wachp.com
`ayagla@wachp.com
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