Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Cheesecake Factory Inc et al

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ORDER striking Defendants' 19 Motion to compel without prejudice to refiling the motion in a manner that comports with the court's scheduling order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,

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Plaintiff,
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ORDER STRIKING MOTION TO
COMPEL DISCOVERY

v.
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY,
INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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CASE NO. C16-1942JLR

Before the court is Defendants’ motion to compel Plaintiff Equal Employment

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Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) to respond to Defendants’ discovery requests. (Mot.

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(Dkt. # 19).) Defendants filed that motion without first requesting a conference with the

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court. (See Dkt.) The motion therefore contravenes the court’s March 17, 2017,

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scheduling order. (See Sched. Order (Dkt. # 14) at 2 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P.

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16(b)(3)(B)(v)) (“[P]ursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, the Court ‘direct[s]

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that before moving for an order relating to discovery, the movant must request a

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conference with the court’ by notifying [the courtroom deputy] . . . .” (second alteration

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in original))); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(3)(B)(v) (permitting the court, in its

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scheduling order, to “direct that before moving for an order relating to discovery, the

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movant must request a conference with the court”). The court therefore STRIKES

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Defendants’ motion to compel (Dkt. # 19) without prejudice to refiling the motion in a

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manner that comports with the court’s scheduling order.

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Dated this 14th day of July, 2017.

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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