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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONNIE SCOTT,

Plaintiff,

v.

ERIC GOLDING, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-06046-HSG 

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION 

TO COMPEL

Re: Dkt. No. 29

Plaintiff, an inmate at California State Prison – Los Angeles County, filed this pro se civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Now pending before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to 

compel further response to his discovery requests. Dkt. No. 29. Plaintiff’s motion to compel is 

DENIED without prejudice to re-filing after he complies with the meet-and-confer requirement set 

forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and N.D. Cal. L. R. 37-1(a). Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(1) requires that a 

motion to compel discovery “include a certification that the movant has in good faith conferred or 

attempted to confer with the person or party failing to make disclosure or discovery in an effort to 

obtain it without court action.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(1). Local Rule 37-1(a) provides that the 

Court will not entertain a request or a motion to resolve a discovery dispute unless, pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, counsel have previously conferred for the purpose of attempting to resolve all 

disputed issues. N.D. Cal. L. R. 37-1(a). Plaintiff’s motion to compel lacks the necessary 

certification that plaintiff has in good faith conferred with defendants in an effort to obtain the 

requested discovery without court action. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to compel is DENIED 

without prejudice to re-filing with the requisite certification if he is unable to resolve the dispute 

after good faith meet-and-confer efforts.

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This order terminates Dkt. No. 29.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

5/19/2020

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