Callender v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Filing 30

ORDER that Plaintiff's 18 , 27 , and 29 Certificates of Service be STRICKEN from the docket. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 3/30/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ROBERT CALLENDER II,

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Plaintiff,
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Case No. 2:14-cv-02199-KJD-PAL
ORDER

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.,

(Certificates of Service – Dkt. ## 18, 27, 29)
Defendant.

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This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Robert Callender II’s Certificates of Service

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(Dkt. ##18, 27, 29). The Certificates of Service are referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28

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U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and LR IB 1-3 and 1-9.

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The Court entered a Scheduling Order (Dkt. #20) in this matter on February 25, 2016.

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Once the Court enters a scheduling order, the parties are permitted to engage in discovery. See

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Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 16; and LR 16-1(b). However, the Local Rules of Practice for this district

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instruct that written discovery and related documents “shall not be filed with the Court” unless

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the Court specifically instructs the parties to do so. LR 26-8. The Certificates of Service are

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related to three items of Mr. Callender’s written discovery: Initial Disclosures (Dkt. #18), First

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Request for Production of Documents and First Set of Interrogatories (Dkt. #27), and Responses

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to Defendant’s First Request for Production of Documents and First Set of Interrogatories

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(Dkt. #29). The disclosure, request for production of documents and responses to discovery

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requests should be served on opposing counsel, and contain a certificate of service indicating

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opposing counsel was served. However a separate certificate of service should not be filed on

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the court’s docket for discovery papers. Any discovery documents filed on the Court’s docket in

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violation of Local Rule 26-8 must be stricken.

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The parties should carefully review the discovery rules contained in Rules 26–36 of the

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of Practice to ensure they follow the

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appropriate procedures.

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Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED that Robert Callender II’s Certificates of Service (Dkt. ##18, 27, 29)

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be STRICKEN from the docket.
Dated this 30th day of March, 2016.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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