Twin Rivers Engineering, Inc. v. Fieldpiece Instruments, Inc.

Filing 231

MINUTE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Magistrate Judge Michael R. Wilner. Response to Order to Show Cause due by 11/27/2017. (mz)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
Case No.

CV 16-4502 MLH (MRWx)

Title

Twin Rivers v. Fieldpiece

Present: The Honorable

Date

November 15, 2017

Michael R. Wilner

Veronica Piper

n/a

Deputy Clerk

Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiff / Petitioner:

Attorneys Present for Defendant / Respondent:

None present

None present

Proceedings:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

1.
In an action plagued by discovery disputes, Defendants filed a discovery motion
that is not in the joint format mandated under the Local Rules. (Docket # 230.) The motion is
accompanied by a statement alleging that Plaintiff failed to meet with the defense to discuss the
dispute after service of a letter required under this Court’s Local Rule 37-1. (Docket # 230-1 at
4, 230-15 at 7.) Defendants filed their one-sided motion immediately after the expiration of the
10-day period specified in the rule. On that basis and in apparent reliance on Rule 37-2.4,
Defendants did not solicit Plaintiff’s participation in the filing of a joint submission.
2.
A party’s failure to file a required document within a deadline set by local rule or
to cooperate in the submission of a joint discovery motion “may be deemed consent to the
granting [ ] of the motion.” Local Rule 7-12. Therefore, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW
CAUSE for the failure to comply with the joint filing / meet-and-confer process and to submit a
substantive response to the discovery motion by November 27. If the Court does not receive
any submission, the motion will be granted as unopposed under local rule without further
proceedings. The Court will also award expenses to the moving party as required under Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5).

CV-90 (10/08)

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

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