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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARGO G.,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 05cv2242 JM(AJB)

ORDER DENYING EX PARTE

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT; STRIKING DOCKET

NOS. 88 - 92

vs.

KARL BLOOMFIELD, et al.,

Defendants.

Defendants Karl Bloomfield, Douglas Holbrook and Law Offices of Holbrook and Bloomfield

move ex parte for leave to file a motion for summary judgment. The Case Management Scheduling

Order required that all pretrial motions be filed by January 28, 2008. The Scheduling Order also

calendared the final Pretrial Conference for March 28, 2008 and trial on April 28, 2008. (Docket No.

44). In a revised Scheduling Order entered on February 14, 2008, the date for filing all pretrial

motions was continued until February 28, 2008 and the date for expert witness discovery continued

until March 6, 2008. (Docket No. 53). On April 3, 2008 the court struck Defendant’s motion for

summary judgment as the motion was filed without first obtaining a hearing date as required by Local

Rule 7.1 and Defendants failed to otherwise prosecute the motion for summary judgment. (Docket

No. 57). On April 4, 2008 the court attempted to conduct a pretrial conference. However, the parties

did not submit a proposed Pretrial Order or otherwise comply with all the requirements of Local Rule

16.1. (Docket No. 58). On April 18, 2008 the court conducted a continued Pretrial Hearing to

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determine whether the case was ready for trial. (Docket No. 76). With the oversight of Magistrate

Judge Battaglia, the parties continued to work to resolve outstanding expert discovery issues. (Docket

Nos. 61, 77). On April 23, 2008 the pretrial and trial dates were recalendared, with the final pretrial

conference calendared for September 19, 2008. (Docket No. 78). 

The court denies Defendants’ ex parte application as untimely. This case is already nearly

three years old, the parties have already received several continuances, and the pretrial conference is

calendared for September 19, 2008. Consequently, the court denies the application to calendar the

motion for summary judgment and strikes the motion for summary judgment (Docket Nos. 88 - 92)

from the Docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 15, 2008

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

cc: All parties

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