Bales v. County of El Dorado et al

Filing 35

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 10/22/2019 DENYING 33 Motion to Compel without prejudice to renewal; and VACATING the 10/25/2019 hearing of plaintiff's motion to compel. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ELIZABETH BALES,

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No. 2:18-cv-1714 JAM DB

Plaintiff,

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v.

ORDER

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COUNTY OF EL DORADO,

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Defendant.

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On October 2, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion to compel and noticed the motion for hearing

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before the undersigned on October 25, 2019, pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 33.)

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On October 18, 2019, the parties filed a joint statement re discovery dispute. (ECF No. 34.)
As explained in the undersigned’s Standard Information re discovery disputes set forth on

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the court’s web page, joint statements filed before the undersigned shall not exceed twenty-five

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pages, excluding exhibits.1 See http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-

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judges/united-states-magistrate-judge-deborah-barnes-db. Here, the parties’ joint statement

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exceeds the undersigned’s twenty-five page limit.

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The parties are advised that title pages, tables of contents, tables of citations, etc., all count
toward the twenty-five-page limit.
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Moreover, the undersigned’s Standard Information also explains that parties must meet

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and confer prior to filing a discovery motion and “must again confer in person or via telephone or

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video conferencing” prior to the filing of the joint statement. See

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http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/united-states-magistrate-

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judge-deborah-barnes-db. Here, it appears that the parties’ last meet and confer effort was a

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written communication sent on September 24, 2019. (ECF No. 34 at 2, 3.) However, the motion

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to compel was filed on October 2, 2019, and the joint statement was filed on October 18, 2019.

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(ECF Nos. 33 & 34.)

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff’s October 2, 2019 motion to compel (ECF No. 33) is denied without prejudice
to renewal; and
2. The October 25, 2019 hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel is vacated.
Dated: October 22, 2019

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