285-08.pdf

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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 285-8 Filed 05/20/21 Page1of12 EXHIBIT Q DOJ-OGR- 00004202

Casask 21g -ONeIAPARWSPasweiMneaePss Aibeche@rdenlS! Pdgece a fi12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK si sin sails dann deel detiasad X VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, Vv. 15-cv-07433-RWS GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. Fanaa tant ar eed eae ear ee rere xX DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO EXCEED PRESUMPTIVE TEN DEPOSITION LIMIT Laura A. Menninger Jeffrey S. Pagliuca HADDON, MORGAN, AND FOREMAN, P.C. East 10™ Avenue Denver, CO 80203 303.831.7364 DOJ-OGR-00004203

Casask 401g-ONesaPARWSPasweMneasPss Aibecherdemls1 pdgeae ct fi12 Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell (“Ms. Maxwell”) files this Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Exceed Presumptive Ten Deposition Limit, and states as follows: INTRODUCTION Despite having taken only three depositions to date, Plaintiff prematurely requests permission to exceed the presumptive ten deposition limit imposed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(A)(i) and to conduct 17 separate depositions, almost twice the limit. Without legal support, Plaintiff attempts to conflate the presumptive time limitation for each deposition of seven hours with a right to take a total of 70 hours of depositions. This is an absurd reading of the Federal Rules. The presumptive ten deposition limitation is an independent limitation, and speaks to the number of separate deponents, not deposition time. Indeed, the two independent limitations do not even appear in the same section of the rules. The heart of Plaintiff's argument is that Ms. Maxwell inconveniently testified and denied Plaintiff's claims, rather than invoking the Fifth Amendment. This dashed Plaintiff's apparent hope to obtain an adverse inference, rather than actually having to prove her case against Ms. Maxwell. Instead, Ms. Maxwell fully testified for the entire 7 hours, responded to all questions posed to her,’ and testified based on her actual knowledge. Ms. Maxwell…

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