Surbey v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company et al
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ORDER REQUIRING PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013 TO MEET AND CONFER REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 11/1/13. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/1/2013)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CHRISTOPHER SURBEY,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
Case No.: 13-cv-02402-YGR
ORDER REQUIRING PERSONAL APPEARANCE
OF COUNSEL ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013 TO MEET
AND CONFER REGARDING DISCOVERY
DISPUTE AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO., et al.,
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Defendants.
Northern District of California
United States District Court
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Plaintiff has filed two ex parte discovery letters requesting that the Court quash subpoenas to
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Plaintiff’s current and former employers and stay discovery pending an initial case management
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conference.1 Plaintiff states that Defendants’ counsel refused to meet and confer substantively
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regarding the substance of the pending dispute. Plaintiff filed his initial letter with the Court within
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one day after Defendants’ service of the subpoenas at issue.
The Court hereby ORDERS counsel for both parties to personally appear at the Oakland
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Courthouse on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. to meet and confer regarding the pending
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dispute. The parties shall check in with the Courtroom Deputy, Frances Stone, in the Clerk’s Office
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on the 4th Floor. Upon completion of the meet and confer, the parties shall inform the Courtroom
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Deputy whether they have resolved the dispute and shall await further instruction from Ms. Stone.
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In addition, Defendants’ counsel is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why he should not be
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sanctioned for refusing to meet and confer with Plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to this Court’s Standing
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Plaintiff filed his initial discovery letter on October 30, 2013. (Dkt. No. 23.) The next day, he filed
a “corrected” version and requested that the Clerk’s Office lock Dkt. No. 23 because it contained
“confidential information.” (Dkt. No. 24.) The Court notes that, to date, Plaintiff has failed to file a
Motion to Remove Incorrectly Filed Document to request that the Court permanently remove the
document from ECF. See http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/correctingmistake#SENSITIVE.
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Order in Civil Cases at section 8. Plaintiff’s counsel is also ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE regarding
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whether he gave Defendants’ counsel a reasonable opportunity to meet and confer regarding the
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pending dispute, having waited only one day before filing an ex parte discovery letter that violates
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this Court’s Standing Order.
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Because Plaintiff has filed a corrected letter, this Order terminates Dkt. No. 23.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: November 1, 2013
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
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Northern District of California
United States District Court
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