Frank v. County of Humboldt et al

Filing 80

ORDER RE DISCOVERY PROCEDURES. Signed by Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte on 10/3/13. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/3/2013)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 MINNY FRANK, Plaintiff, No. C-13-0089 MMC (EDL) 12 v. ORDER RE DISCOVERY PROCEDURES 13 14 COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT, et al., 15 Defendant. ___________________________________/ 16 TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 17 The above matter has been referred to Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte. All hearing 18 dates are subject to the availability of Judge Laporte's calendar. You may review Judge Laporte’s 19 calendar and scheduling information on the District Court’s website, http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/. 20 DISCOVERY MOTIONS 21 Discovery motions are heard on Judge Laporte's civil law and motion calendar and are to be set 22 on Tuesday mornings at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom E, 15th Floor, United States District Court, 450 Golden 23 Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102, unless otherwise specified in accordance with Judge 24 Laporte’s available dates and times for setting motions. 25 1. Discovery motions may be addressed to the Court in three ways. A motion may be noticed 26 on not less than 35 days pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-2. Alternatively, any party may seek an order to 27 shorten or enlarge time under Civil L.R. 6-3 if the circumstances justify that relief. In emergencies 28 during discovery events, the Court is available pursuant to Civil L.R. 37-1(b). 1 In the event a discovery dispute arises, counsel (or if pro se, the party) seeking discovery or a 2 protective order shall confer in good faith with opposing counsel (or pro se party) in an effort to resolve 3 the dispute without court action, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and Civil L.R. 37-1(a). A declaration 4 setting forth these meet and confer efforts and the final positions of each party shall be included in the 5 moving papers. The Court will not consider discovery motions unless the moving party has complied 6 with Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and Civil L.R. 37-1(a). 7 Motions to compel fact discovery must be filed within the time limits contained in Civil Local 8 Rule 37-3. Motions to compel expert discovery must be filed within the time limits contained in Civil 9 Local Rule 37-3. 2. Motions for sanctions shall be filed by separate motion in accordance with the Federal Rule 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 of Civil Procedure 37 and Civil L.R. 37-4. The parties shall comply with their meet and confer 12 obligations pursuant to Civil L.R. 37-1(a). Parties who refuse to meet and confer will be subject to 13 sanctions pursuant to Civil L.R. 37-4. 14 3. All filings of documents relating to motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laporte shall list 15 the civil case number and the District Court Judge's initials followed by the designation "(EDL)". At 16 the time of filing of original papers with the clerk's office, the parties are required to submit two 17 conformed copies of each document, one of which shall be designated "EDL Chambers Copy." If 18 documents are filed electronically, courtesy copies shall be provided in accordance with Civil Local 19 Rule 5-1(e)(7). The paper chambers copy must be marked "Chambers Copy" and must be lodged with 20 the Clerk's Office, in an envelope clearly marked with the judge's name, case number, and "Chambers 21 Copy." Parties must not file a paper copy of any document with the Clerk's Office that has already been 22 filed electronically. 23 4. Rule 26(e)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires all parties to supplement or 24 correct their initial disclosures, expert disclosures, pretrial disclosures, and responses to discovery 25 requests under the circumstances itemized in that Rule, and when ordered by the Court. The Court 26 expects that the parties will supplement and/or correct their disclosures promptly when required under 27 that Rule, without the need for a request from opposing counsel. In addition to the general 28 requirements of Rule 26(e)(1), the parties will supplement and/or correct all previously made disclosures and discovery responses 28 days before the fact discovery cutoff date. 1 5. Privilege logs. If a party withholds information that is responsive to a discovery request, and 2 is otherwise discoverable under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, by claiming that it is privileged, 3 or protected from discovery under the attorney work product doctrine or any other protective doctrine 4 (including, but not limited to, privacy rights), that party shall prepare a "privilege log" (Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 26(b)(5)) setting forth the privilege relied upon and specifying separately for each document or for each 6 category of similarly situated documents: 7 a. The name and job title or capacity of the author; 8 b. The name and job title or capacity of each recipient; 9 c. The date the document was prepared and, if different, the date(s) on which it was sent to or shared with persons other than its author(s); 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 d. The title and description of the document; 12 e. The subject matter addressed in the document; 13 f. The purpose(s) for which it was prepared or communicated; and 14 g. The specific basis for the claim that it is privileged. 15 The privilege log will be produced as quickly as possible, but no later than 14 days after the discovery 16 responses are due, unless the parties stipulate or the Court orders otherwise in a particular case. 17 6. In responding to requests for documents and materials under Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of 18 Civil Procedure, all parties shall affirmatively state in a written response served on all other parties the 19 full extent to which they will produce materials and shall, promptly after the production, confirm in 20 writing that they have produced all such materials so described that are locatable after a diligent search 21 of all locations at which such materials might plausibly exist. 22 23 24 25 7. All documents shall be filed at the Clerk's Office in compliance with the Civil Local Rules. Documents not filed in compliance with those rules will not be considered by the Court. 8. Discovery motions may be submitted without argument upon stipulation of the parties and order of the Court no later than two (2) court days before the hearing. 26 9. The Court strives to set matters and render decisions in a timely manner. The Court 27 encourages parties to advise the Court by letter to chambers of any matter that appears to have been 28 unduly delayed. 1 The failure of counsel or a party to abide by this Order may result in sanctions pursuant 2 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f). A party or counsel has a continuing duty to supplement 3 the initial disclosure when required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e)(1). 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: 10/3/13 _______________________________ ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE United States Chief Magistrate Judge

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