Surbey v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company et al

Filing 25

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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1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 CHRISTOPHER SURBEY, 8 Plaintiff, 9 10 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., 11 Defendants. Northern District of California United States District Court 12 Plaintiff has filed two ex parte discovery letters requesting that the Court quash subpoenas to 13 14 Plaintiff’s current and former employers and stay discovery pending an initial case management 15 conference.1 Plaintiff states that Defendants’ counsel refused to meet and confer substantively 16 regarding the substance of the pending dispute. Plaintiff filed his initial letter with the Court within 17 one day after Defendants’ service of the subpoenas at issue. The Court hereby ORDERS counsel for both parties to personally appear at the Oakland 18 19 Courthouse on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. to meet and confer regarding the pending 20 dispute. The parties shall check in with the Courtroom Deputy, Frances Stone, in the Clerk’s Office 21 on the 4th Floor. Upon completion of the meet and confer, the parties shall inform the Courtroom 22 Deputy whether they have resolved the dispute and shall await further instruction from Ms. Stone. 23 In addition, Defendants’ counsel is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why he should not be 24 sanctioned for refusing to meet and confer with Plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to this Court’s Standing 25 26 27 28 1 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. 1 Order in Civil Cases at section 8. Plaintiff’s counsel is also ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE regarding 2 whether he gave Defendants’ counsel a reasonable opportunity to meet and confer regarding the 3 pending dispute, having waited only one day before filing an ex parte discovery letter that violates 4 this Court’s Standing Order. 5 Because Plaintiff has filed a corrected letter, this Order terminates Dkt. No. 23. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 8 Dated: November 1, 2013 _________________________________________ 9 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 10 11 Northern District of California United States District Court 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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