Villery v. Jones et al

Filing 74

ORDER SETTING a Telephonic Hearing on the Remaining Contested Issues in Plaintiff's Motion to Compel 57 , 70 ; ORDER that the Parties Submit a Joint Statement on Outstanding Issues One Week Before Hearing, signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 1/29/2020. Joint Statement due by 2/17/2020, Telephonic Hearing set for 2/24/2020 at 02:00 PM (JDP) before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson. (Orozco, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JARED M. VILLERY,

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER SETTING A TELEPHONIC
HEARING ON THE REMAINING
CONTESTED ISSUES IN PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL

v.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01360-DAD-JDP

J. JONES, et al.

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ECF Nos. 57, 70

Defendants.

ORDER THAT THE PARTIES SUBMIT A
JOINT STATEMENT ON OUTSTANDING
ISSUES ONE WEEK BEFORE HEARING

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Plaintiff Jared M. Villery is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights

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action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 29, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion to compel

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additional responses to interrogatories and the production of more documents. ECF No. 57.

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On August 28, 2019, the court held an informal telephonic hearing to discuss the issues and,

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the next day, ordered that the parties file a joint statement of the outstanding issues by October

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30, 2019. ECF No. 67. On October 30, 2019, the parties filed such a statement, identifying

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several issues of continued disagreement and two issues that would require an additional 30

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days to resolve. See ECF No. 70.

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The court sets this matter for a telephonic hearing on February 24, 2020, at 2:00 p.m.

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Pacific Time before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson. To appear telephonically, each

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party is to use the following dial-in number and passcode: dial-in number 888-204-5984;

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passcode code 4446176. Plaintiff shall arrange with the staff at his institution of confinement

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for his attendance at the conference. Plaintiff’s institution of confinement shall make him

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available for the conference at the date and time indicated above. Prior to the conference,

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defense counsel shall confirm with plaintiff’s institution of confinement that arrangements

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have been made for plaintiff's attendance.

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By the close of business on February 17, 2020, the parties are ordered to submit a joint

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statement addressing any outstanding issues. The statement should address whether the two

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issues identified as requiring an additional thirty days have been resolved. See ECF No. 70 at

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The parties are again encouraged to confer prior to the hearing. If the parties can reach

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any additional agreement on the scope of discovery before the hearing, they should note that in

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the joint statement to be submitted by close of business on February 17.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

January 29, 2020

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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No. 205.

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