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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE OVERSIZED JOINT STATEMENT RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

Sanchez v. County of Sacramento, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:19-cv-01545-MCE-AC 

Mark E. Merin (State Bar No. 043849) 

Paul H. Masuhara (State Bar No. 289805) 

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

1010 F Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 443-6911 

Facsimile: (916) 447-8336 

E-Mail: mark@markmerin.com 

 paul@markmerin.com 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CRYSTAL R. SANCHEZ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CRYSTAL R. SANCHEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:19-cv-01545-MCE-AC 

 

PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO 

FILE OVERSIZED JOINT STATEMENT 

RE: DISCOVERY DISAGREEMENT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 

Date: February 5, 2020 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Location: Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse 

501 I Street 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Courtroom: 26 (8th Floor) 

Magistrate 

Judge: 

Hon. Allison Claire 

 I. INTRODUCTION 

 Plaintiff Crystal R. Sanchez requests leave of Court to file an oversized Joint Statement Re: 

Discovery Dispute in connection with the pending motions to compel and for expenses (ECF No. 13). 

II. REQUEST 

 On January 15, 2019, Plaintiff Crystal R. Sanchez (“Plaintiff”) filed motions to compel and for 

expenses before the Court. (ECF No. 13.) The grounds for Plaintiff’s motions, including substantive 

argument and supporting declarations and exhibits, will be submitted with and attached to a forthcoming 

Joint Statement Re: Discovery Disagreement, pursuant to E.D. Cal. L.R. 251(c). 

 Local Rules require that a Joint Statement “specify with particularity the following matters: (1) 

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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE OVERSIZED JOINT STATEMENT RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

Sanchez v. County of Sacramento, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:19-cv-01545-MCE-AC 

The details of the conference or conferences; (2) A statement of the nature of the action and its factual 

disputes insofar as they are pertinent to the matters to be decided and the issues to be determined at the 

hearing; and (3) The contentions of each party as to each contested issue, including a memorandum of 

each party’s respective arguments concerning the issues in dispute and the legal authorities in support 

thereof.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 251(c). Further, “[e]ach specific ... item objected to ... and the objection thereto, 

shall be reproduced in full” in the Joint Statement. Id. 

 Pursuant to this Court’s Standing Order concerning discovery disputes, “[a]bsent leave of court 

for good cause shown, the Joint Statement is limited to 25 pages, exclusive of exhibits and tables (if 

any).” (See <www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/assets/File/Judge Claire Standing Orders.pdf> [Standing 

Order] at 2.) 

 “Good cause” exists for the Court to grant leave to file an oversized Joint Statement in connection 

with Plaintiff’s pending motions in this case (ECF No. 13). Specifically, Plaintiff’s pending motions 

address objections by Defendant County of Sacramento (“County”) to thirty-six (36) individual requests 

for production. In response to each of those thirty-six (36) individual requests, Defendant County 

objected and failed to produce one-single document. Defendant County asserted boilerplate responses 

and objections to nearly every request. For example, Defendant County asserted numerous boilerplate 

objections in response to nearly every one of Plaintiff’s thirty-six (36) individual requests. As a result, 

Plaintiff’s mere compliance with E.D. Cal. L.R. 251(c)’s requirement that “[e]ach specific ... item 

objected to ... and the objection thereto, [] be reproduced in full,” alone, would consume more pages 

than the 25-page limit permitted by the Court’s Standing Order. 

 Therefore, leave to file an oversized Joint Statement is necessary to permit the parties to comply 

with E.D. Cal. L.R. 251(c)’s requirement that the parties address “with particularity” (1) “The details of 

the conference or conferences”; (2) “A statement of the nature of the action and its factual disputes”; and 

(3) “The contentions of each party as to each contested issue, including a memorandum of each party’s 

respective arguments concerning the issues in dispute and the legal authorities in support thereof.” 

Plaintiff suggests—without precisely knowing the extent of Defendant County’s yet-to-be-developed 

argument in opposition—that an increased page-limit of fifty (50) pages would be appropriate in this 

instance. However, this estimate is contingent upon the subsequent development of the argument to be 

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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE OVERSIZED JOINT STATEMENT RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE 

Sanchez v. County of Sacramento, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:19-cv-01545-MCE-AC 

contained in the Joint Statement. 

III. CONCLUSION 

 For the reasons stated, Plaintiff Crystal R. Sanchez respectfully requests leave of Court to file an 

oversized Joint Statement Re: Discovery Dispute of fifty (50) pages in connection with the pending 

motions to compel and for sanctions (ECF No. 13). 

Dated: January 15, 2020 Respectfully Submitted, 

By: __________________________________ 

Mark E. Merin 

Paul H. Masuhara 

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

1010 F Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 443-6911 

Facsimile: (916) 447-8336 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CRYSTAL R. SANCHEZ 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 GOOD CAUSE shown, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff Crystal R. Sanchez’s request for leave to 

file an oversized Joint Statement Re: Discovery Dispute in connection with the pending motions to 

compel and for sanctions (ECF No. 13). The Court permits the filing of a Joint Statement up to fifty (50) 

pages in length. 

 The parties shall comply with the requirements of E.D. Cal. L.R. 251(c). 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 15, 2020 

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