Hale et al v. Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. et al

Filing 49

ORDER AFTER STATUS CONFERENCE, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 9/19/2016. Joint status report due by 10/5/2016. Further Status Conference set for 10/12/2016 at 09:00 AM in Bakersfield at 510 19th Street (JLT) before Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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STEPHEN HALE, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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Case No.: 1:15-CV-01042 DAD JLT
ORDER AFTER STATUS CONFERENCE

v.
ENSIGN UNITED STATES DRILLING
(CALIFORNIA) Inc., et al.,

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Defendants.
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The Court held a status conference on September 19, 2016. At the conference, defense

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counsel represented that the defendants have produced all documents she believed were implicated

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by the motion for summary judgment. She was less certain, though she believed, that the

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defendants had produced all metadata associated with the documents.

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The plaintiffs’ counsel indicated he received another batch of metadata yesterday and could
not state whether this completed the production. Therefore, the Court ORDERS:
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The plaintiffs’ counsel SHALL review the document production and SHALL notify

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the defendants in writing of any incompleteness by September 23, 2016. If the plaintiffs contend that

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the defendants should produce additional documents, they SHALL demonstrate in their written

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request for the additional documents how the additional documents bear on the issues raised in the

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motion for summary judgment;

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2.

The defendants SHALL respond in writing within two court days. If the defendants
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disagree that any further production is required, they SHALL demonstrate in their response how the

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additional documents will not bear on the issues raised in the motion for summary judgment;

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3.

If there is a disagreement, counsel SHALL meet and confer, either in person or by

telephone, no later than September 30, 2016;
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Counsel SHALL file a joint report no later than October 5, 2016, setting forth the

current status of the matter;
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The Court sets a further status conference on October 12, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Counsel

may appear by telephone via the CourtCall service;
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The briefing schedule on the motion for summary judgment is VACATED. The Court

will re-set the deadlines once it is clear whether further document production is required.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

September 19, 2016

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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