Smith v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company

Filing 41

ORDER following December 6, 2012 Further Case Management Conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 12/7/2012. (lblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/7/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco Division
LORI SMITH,

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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No. C 11-03495 LB
Plaintiff,

v.
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ORDER FOLLOWING DECEMBER 6,
2012 FURTHER CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT,
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Defendant.
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On December 6, 2012, the court held a Further Case Management Conference to discuss the

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upcoming “bench trial on the record,” see Kearney v. Standard Ins. Co., 175 F.3d 1084, 1095 (9th

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Cir. 1999), in this case. 12/6/2012 Minute Order, ECF No. 39. At the Conference, the court vacated

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the current trial dates of December 10-12, 2012, and reset the trial for January 14, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.

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Id. The court also granted the parties’ request to file additional reply briefs, which should not

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exceed five pages in length. Id.

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The court also has a request that it failed to mention at the Conference. On October 29, 2012,

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Defendant filed the administrative record for this case. ECF Nos. 29-33. It also provided the court

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with an copy of the record, but this copy complies with the Civil Local Rules for the Central District

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of California, not those for the undersigned. Specifically, the copy that Defendant provided to the

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court is blue-backed and is hole-punched and bound at the top of the document. See C.D. Cal. Civ.

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L.R. 5-4.5, 11-3, 11-4. The Northern District does not require this presentation. Instead, its Civil

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Local Rules require litigants to provide copies of filed documents that conform to the requirements
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that are set forth in the standing order for the judge to whom the copy is provided. See N.D. Cal.

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Civ. L.R. 5-1(e)(7), 5-2(b). The undersigned’s standing order asks litigants to provide copies that

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are three-hole-punched on the side of the paper. See Standing Order for United States Magistrate

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Judge Laurel Beeler, Northern District of California,

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http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/filelibrary/366/LB%20May%2017%20Standing%20Order.pdf (last

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accessed Dec. 6, 2012).

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Ordinarily, this mistake would be of no importance to the court, but because the administrative

binders. Thus, in this unique instance, the court directs Defendant to provide the court will a new

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copy of the administrative record. This new copy shall be three-hole-punched on the side of the

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paper, and, to reduce the volume of the documents, it shall be double-sided as well. Defendant shall

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record is so voluminous, the copy of it will be much easier to review if it easily can be placed in

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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provide this new copy of the administrative record to the court by December 14, 2012.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 7, 2012
_______________________________
LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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