Daryle Washington v. Recology

Filing 30

ORDER RE DEFENDANT'S DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND SETTING NEW HEARING [re 27 Discovery Letter Brief re Plaintiff's Initial Disclosures and Responses to First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Documents filed by Recology San Francis co]. Three-hour meet-and-confer 6/19/2015 from 10:00 AM--1:00 PM in Court's jury room. Discovery Hearing set for 6/19/2015 01:00 PM in Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William Alsup. Signed by Judge William Alsup on 6/17/2015. (whasec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/17/2015)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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DARYLE WASHINGTON,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Plaintiff,

No. C 14-05083 WHA

v.
RECOLOGY SAN FRANCISCO
and DOES 1–10,

ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S
DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND
SETTING NEW HEARING

Defendants.

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Counsel for both sides were ordered to appear at 10:00 a.m. this morning for a meet-and-

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confer in the Court’s jury room on a discovery/disclosure issue raised by defendant to be

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followed by a hearing if needed at 1:30 p.m. See Docket No. 28. This order was posted on

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June 4. Defense counsel appeared on time. Plaintiff’s counsel did not appear. Efforts were then

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made to track down plaintiff’s counsel to no avail. Defense counsel advised the Court that only

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yesterday Attorney Stanley Goff (plaintiff’s counsel) had said that he would see him

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“tomorrow.” So it would appear that Attorney Goff was aware of the discovery conference

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today.

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When Attorney Goff did not appear, the Court sent defense counsel home. Thereafter, at

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11:48 p.m., an email came in from Attorney Goff to the deputy clerk claiming that there had

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been a computer error in the calendar system and that he had not been aware that he had to be in

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Court at 10:00 a.m. Even if this is true, the burden of this error should fall upon plaintiff’s
counsel, not defense counsel. The Court estimates the time wasted by defense counsel at $400.

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Attorney Goff (not his client) shall pay $400 directly to defense counsel and to do so before

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the next hearing which is now set for FRIDAY, JUNE 19, FROM 10:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M. for the

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meet-and-confer in the Court’s jury room, and a hearing at 1:00 P.M. (if needed).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: June 17, 2015.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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For the Northern District of California

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