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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GENET HABTEMARIAM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

VIDA CAPITAL GROUP, LLC; 

USMORTGAGE RESOLUTION; PNC 

BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; 

DOES 1 to 50,inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-1189 DC AC 

ORDER 

 Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to quash third party subpoenas issued to 

Wells Fargo Bank and Orange Coast Title Company, ECF No. 187, which is referred to the 

undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(1). The motion was set to be heard 

on the papers December 4, 2024. ECF Nos. 187, 188. Defendant Vida Capital Group opposes 

the motion on the grounds that plaintiff failed to meet and confer prior to filing the motion, and 

that plaintiff failed to work with defendant to obtain a joint statement. ECF No. 190. 

Local Rules 251(b) and (c) establish requirements for any party bringing a motion 

pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26-37 and 45, including the requirement that the 

parties meet and confer and file a joint discovery statement. Here, no joint discovery statement 

has been filed. Additionally, there is no indication that the parties have met and conferred 

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regarding the instant dispute. Because plaintiff, the moving party, did not satisfy Local Rule 

251(b) and (c)’s meet and confer requirement and the joint discovery statement requirement, the 

motion to compel discovery will be denied without prejudice. See e.g., U.S. v. Molen, 2012 WL 

5940383, at *1 (E.D.Cal. Nov. 27, 2012) (where a party fails to comply with Local Rule 251, 

discovery motions are denied without prejudice to re-filing). 

 For the reasons state above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to quash, 

ECF No. 187, is DENIED without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: December 18, 2024 

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