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In re Petition of Sheila Roberts Ford

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

170 F.R.D. 504 (M.D. Ala. 1997)

Civil Procedure
Relevant factsFree

Sheila Roberts Ford's (Ford) father was shot and killed, allegedly by a member or members of the Elmore County Sheriff's Office, but Ford didn't know enough facts about the shooting to identify the proper defendant for a lawsuit. Ford petitioned under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 27 for leave to depose Sheriff Bill Franklin before filing suit, in order to learn the facts surrounding the shooting.

IssueFree

Whether a court may grant a pre-complaint deposition if the deponent's testimony is not in imminent danger of being lost.

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