Opinion
3:21-cv-00506
07-18-2022
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., and METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., and METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC., Counterclaim Defendants.
ORDER AND COMMISSION FOR DEPOSITIONS TO BE TAKEN IN JAPAN
Graham C. Mullen, United States District Judge
TO: Any Consul or Vice Consul of the United States of America
U.S. Consulate General Osaka
2-11-5 Nishitenma
Kita-ku, Osaka
530-8543
Upon the application of Plaintiffs Honeywell International Inc., Hand Held Products, Inc., and Metrologic Instruments, Inc. (collectively, “Honeywell”) in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Case No. 3:21-cv-00506, and pursuant to Article 17 of the United States - Japan Consular Convention:
IT IS ORDERED that the depositions on notice of the following witnesses and corporate representatives of Defendant OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd. be taken at the United States Consulate in Osaka, Japan:
1. Rie Ashihara
2. Mitsuaki Hirono
3. Masaki Kurokawa
4. Takashi Ushiki
5. Shigeaki Tanaka
6. Yoshiaki Komocommencing on or about Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9.00 and terminating on or about Friday, September 30, 2022 at 17.00, and to mark any documentary exhibits in connection therewith.
Counsel for Honeywell who will attend or assist in the depositions include the following attorneys with Alston & Bird LLP:
1. Matthew Scott Stephens
2. Scott Benjamin Pleune
3. Stephen Richard Lareau
4. Michael R. Hoernlein
5. Brandon C. E. Springer
6. Lauren Nichole Griffin
Counsel for OPTO who will attend or assist in the depositions include the following attorneys with McGuireWoods LLP, York Moody Faulkner, or Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP:
1. Christine E. Lehman
2. Connor S. Houghton
3. Jessica Lynn O'Brien
4. Robert A. Muckenfuss
5. Tyler T. VanHoutan
6. York M. Faulkner
7. Zachary L. McCamey
Court reporters and videographers who may attend the deposition include:
1. Mary Allred
2. Kadi Anna Harmon
3. Lisa Feissner
4. Leslie Anne Todd
5. Renee Michele Kelch
6. Lisa Ann Knight
7. Susan Dena Wasilewski
8. Anne Marie Torreano
9. Charlotte Denise Lacey
10. Jason Thomas Meadors III
11. Jean Kim
12. Nache Buie
13. Christie Jeon
14. Trevor Price
15. Chester Wong
16. Thomas Kinsey Feissner
17. Bridgette Lynn Rast
18. Jillian Barricelli
Interpreters who may attend the deposition include:
1. Naoko Selland
2. Mike Sekine
3. Hanako Kaku
4. Grace Liu
5. Toby Rushbrook
6. Yoshiko Iga
7. Akiko Hirashima
8. Noriko Hasegawa
9. Andrew Meehan
10. Megumi Matsuoka
11. William Lise
Please cause the testimony of said witnesses to be recorded by video and reduced to writing in English; the depositions signed by said witnesses; said deposition testimony to be annexed to your commission and close the same under your seal; and make return thereof to this Court with all convenient speed. Alternatively, the parties may agree in writing to have the transcripts prepared and distributed among the parties by the court reporters without further Consulate or judicial involvement.
SO ORDERED.