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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Defendant. 15 16 Plaintiff Jeri Reiser Hydrick, a resident of San Diego, California, filed this action 17 asserting that she was injured aboard a cruise ship operated by defendant. The matter is before 18 the Court for a ruling on defendant's motion to compel an independent medical examination 19 ("IME") and deposition of plaintiff in this district. Dkt. # 8. Plaintiff has opposed the motion. 20 For the reasons set forth below, the motion shall be granted in part, and denied in part. 21 DISCUSSION 22 As a threshold matter, the Court finds that counsel has complied with the certification 23 requirement set forth at Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(a)(1) and the companion Local rule CR 37 (a)(1)(A) by 24
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE JERI REISER HYDRICK, an individual, Plaintiff, v. HOLLAND AMERICA LINE, N.V., a Netherlands corporation,, CASE NO. C10-1565RSM ORDER

1 setting forth three separate occasions when she requested a Rule 37 conference with plaintiff's 2 attorney1 in California and he did not respond. Declaration of Christine A. Slattery, Dkt. # 9,

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