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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BEATRIZ ALDAPA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FOWLER PACKING COMPANY INC., et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00420-DAD-SAB

ORDER SETTING HEARING AND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES

(ECF No. 65) 

On March 18, 2016, the Court granted Defendants’ motion to compel and found that 

Plaintiff Elmer Avalos’s deposition is to be reopened because of the changes made to the 

deposition transcript. (ECF No. 63.) The Court also found that Plaintiffs must pay Defendants’ 

reasonable attorneys’ fees associated with the motion to compel regarding reopening Mr. Avalos’s 

deposition because of changes he made to his deposition transcript. (ECF No. 63.) 

On April 1, 2016, Plaintiffs filed a request for reconsideration by the District Court of the 

Court’s March 18, 2016 ruling. (ECF No. 64.) The request for reconsideration asked the District 

Court to reconsider the portion of the March 18, 2016 order that calls for sanctions and costs 

against Plaintiffs because of Plaintiffs’ position in amending the deposition answers of Mr. 

Avalos. On April 1, 2016, Defendants filed a motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a). (ECF No. 65.) Defendants set the motion for hearing on 

April 27, 2016, before the undersigned. 

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On April 7, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation to vacate the April 27, 2016 hearing on 

Defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees in light of Plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration of the 

Court’s March 18, 2016 ruling. (ECF No. 67.) On April 8, 2016, pursuant to the parties’ 

stipulation, the Court vacated the April 27, 2016 hearing. (ECF No. 68.) 

On June 16, 2016, District Judge Dale A. Drozd denied Plaintiffs’ request for 

reconsideration of the order awarding sanctions against Plaintiffs for the costs of litigating a 

motion to compel the reopening of Mr. Avalos’s deposition. (ECF No. 98.) Accordingly, the 

Court sets a briefing scheduling and hearing date on Defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees. 

The Court sets the hearing on Defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees for July 20, 2016, at 

10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 9. Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees 

shall be filed no later than June 29, 2016. Defendants’ reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition to the 

motion for attorneys’ fees shall be filed no later than July 6, 2016. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Court sets the hearing on Defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees (ECF No. 65)

for July 20, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9 (SAB) before United States 

Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone; 

2. Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees shall be filed no later 

than June 29, 2016; and

3. Defendants’ reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition to the motion for attorneys’ fees shall be 

filed no later than July 6, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 17, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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