O'Neal v. Johnson et al

Filing 136

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 3/30/2017 ORDERING the parties to file a Joint Pretrial Conference Statement forthwith. (Michel, G.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SEAN O’NEAL,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-2374 DB PS

v.

ORDER

AUGUST JOHNSON, et al.,

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Defendants.

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This matter is set for a Final Pretrial Conference before the undersigned on April 7, 2017.

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On January 31, 2017, the court issued an order referring the parties to “Local Rules 281 and 282

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relating to the contents of and time for filing Pretrial Statements.” (ECF NO. 131 at 21.) Local

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Rule 281 provides that plaintiff’s pretrial statement was due “[n]ot less than (14) days” prior to

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the April 7, 2017 Final Pretrial Conference.1
However, the January 31, 2017 order also provided that “[n]otwithstanding the provisions

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of Local Rule 281, which contemplates the filing of separate Pretrial Statements by plaintiff and

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defendant, the parties are to prepare a JOINT STATEMENT with respect to the undisputed facts

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and disputed factual issues of the case.” (Id.) The parties’ joint statement was “to be filed with

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the court concurrently with the filing of plaintiff’s Pretrial Statement.” (Id.) The time for the

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Plaintiff filed a pretrial statement on February 24, 2017, (ECF No. 132), and an amended
pretrial statement on March 6, 2017. (ECF No. 134.)
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parties to file their joint statement has passed without the filing of a joint statement.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ file their joint statement

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forthwith.

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Dated: March 30, 2017

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