Allianz Sigorta, S.A. v. Ameritech Industries Inc., et al

Filing 29

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 6/2/2016 DENYING 27 Plaintiff's Motion to Compel, without prejudice to its renewal after the parties have complied with the Court's instructions. (Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALLIANZ SIGORTA, A.S.,

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No. 2:15-cv-1665 MCE AC

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

AMERITECH INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff, Allianz Sigorta, A.S., has filed a Motion To Compel Further Responses to
Inspection Demands, and the parties have filed a Joint Statement. ECF No. 27. However, the
parties have not complied with the undersigned’s instructions regarding “meet and confer”

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efforts, in that they have only exchanged a series of e-mails and letters. Moreover, those
communications appear to be focused more on name-calling than actually attempting to resolve

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the discovery dispute. Before asking the court to resolve the dispute, the parties must comply

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with the court’s instructions:

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Written correspondence between the parties, including email, is
insufficient to satisfy the parties’ meet and confer obligations under
Local Rule 251(b). Prior to the filing of a Joint Statement, the
parties must confer in person or via telephone or video
conferencing in an attempt to resolve the dispute.
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http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/assets/File/Judge%20Claire%20Standard%20Information

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(1).pdf (emphasis added). The court will not hear the discovery dispute until the parties have

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complied with the court’s instructions, have actually met and conferred in person (or via

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telephone or video conferencing), and have actually attempted to resolve the dispute, rather than
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simply sending insulting emails and letters to each other.
For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to

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compel (ECF No. 27), is DENIED without prejudice to its renewal after the parties have complied

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with the court’s instructions.

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DATED: June 2, 2016

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