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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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For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLAUDIA MORENO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AUTOZONE, INC.,

Defendant.

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No. C05-4432 MJJ (EMC)

ORDER REQUIRING JOINT LETTER

UPDATE RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTES

(Docket Nos. 33, 36)

Plaintiff's Brief Regarding Discovery and Defendant's Production of Employment Records

(docket no. 33) and Defendant's Memorandum of Points and Authorities Re: Document Production

and/or Protective Order (docket no. 36) have been referred to the undersigned for discovery. The

matter is currently set for hearing on June 14, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., in Courtroom C. 

The Court hereby orders that the parties shall meet and confer and shall file, by 4 p.m.,

Friday, June 2, 2006, a joint statement updating the Court on the results of their meet and confer,

and outlining any outstanding issues regarding discovery. For each remaining dispute, the parties

should provide brief statements in support of their respective positions, including citation to any

applicable legal authority. No further briefing on these disputes will be accepted.

The parties shall use the attached template for their joint letter. Plaintiff shall electronically 

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file the joint letter, and shall fax a courtesy copy of the joint letter to chambers at (415) 522-4200 by

the specified time. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 30, 2006

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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 Note for Counsel: The Court may request a courtesy copy of the joint letter to be faxed to

chambers. If so, counsel should still file a copy of the joint letter with the Clerk of the Court. The letter

faxed to chambers is a courtesy copy only. As a general matter, parties may not fax any papers to the

Court without prior leave of the Court.

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 Note for Counsel: Unnecessary exhibits should not be attached.

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 Note for Counsel: Each party’s position should be stated succinctly (e.g., in one paragraph).

The purpose of the joint letter is to inform the Court of the essence of the dispute in lieu of full briefing.

The Court may order full briefing and/or a hearing if necessary.

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[Date]

VIA [METHOD]1

Honorable Edward M. Chen

United States Magistrate Judge

U.S. District Court

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94102

Re: [Case number and case name]

Dear Judge Chen:

The parties have met and conferred regarding several discovery disputes. The meet and

confer took place on [date], with the participation of [Plaintiff’s attorney], representing Plaintiff, and

[Defendant’s attorney], representing Defendant. The meet and confer was in person and lasted

approximately [minutes or hours].

I. RESOLVED DISCOVERY DISPUTES

The parties reached agreement on several discovery disputes. Those agreements are as

follows:

[Description of Agreement No. 1.]

[Description of Agreement No. 2.]

[Description of Agreement No. 3, etc.]

II. REMAINING DISCOVERY DISPUTES

The parties were not able to reach agreement on the remaining discovery disputes. Those

remaining disputes and the parties’ respective positions are provided below. Copies of the relevant

discovery requests and responses are attached as Exhibits [numbers].2

A. [Dispute No. 1]

1. [Position of Party Seeking Discovery]3

2. [Position of Party Opposing Discovery]

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B. [Dispute No. 2]

1. [Position of Party Seeking Discovery]

2. [Position of Party Opposing Discovery]

C. [Dispute No. 3]

1. [Position of Party Seeking Discovery]

2. [Position of Party Opposing Discovery]

D. [Dispute No. 4, etc.]

1. [Position of Party Seeking Discovery]

2. [Position of Party Opposing Discovery]

Sincerely,

[Plaintiff’s counsel] [Defendant’s counsel]

Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendant

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