Re: WPE v Automatic ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/reader/parsed_document_assets/458640563/ec60QoEXuWlepO8_0-GI2AQBaP8jiIlnZDV9F6OWK9U-cove_c1OvDW0.png) 🔗 **Source:** [Re: WPE v Automatic](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.294.6_1.pdf) > [!note]+ Document Notes > # ⚖️ WP Engine v. Automattic — Dkt. 294.6: Exhibit — deposition scheduling stipulation (Mullenweg) > **Case:** WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc., Matthew Mullenweg, WooCommerce Inc. & WordPress Foundation — N.D. Cal. No. 4:24-cv-06917-AMO (Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín; discovery before Mag. J. Ajay S. Krishnan). Late-May-2026 discovery-phase filing (fact discovery closed May 14, 2026). > **Filing:** Scheduling correspondence/stipulation · By: both sides > ## Summary > Sets the Mullenweg deposition for May 12–14 (Automattic 30(b)(6), WooCommerce 30(b)(6), and individual capacities), with WPE reserving rights to request additional days and a process for stipulating or briefing additional time by mid-May. > ## Key points > - Three-day Mullenweg deposition across three capacities. > - Built-in mechanism for the additional-time dispute that became Dkt. 294. > ## 🏛️ WordPress governance significance > Shows the negotiated structure of deposing the project's central figure. > ## 🔗 Part of > Exhibit to Dkt. 294. Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/458640563), Re: WPE v Automatic, Rachel Herrick Kassabian, Orin Snyder, 01ksftrg68h73bd6g4ptt21gsy.