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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARTHA ZEPEDA OLIVARES, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FRESNO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01575-JLT-SAB

ORDER VACATING DECEMBER 13, 2023

HEARING AND DENYING WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE PLAINTIFFS’ COMPEL 

NONPARTY’S COMPLIANCE WITH 

SUBPOENA AND RELATED REQUEST 

FOR SANCTIONS

(ECF No. 15)

On November 22, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel compliance with a subpoena 

served on nonparty Maria Sosa on November 11, 2023 and related request for monetary 

sanctions. (ECF No. 15.) Plaintiffs set a hearing before the assigned Magistrate Judge for 

December 13, 2023. (Id.) Plaintiffs specifically acknowledged they would comply with Eastern 

District Local Rule 251 by completing the ongoing meet and confer process and, no later than 14 

days before the noticed hearing date of December 13, 2023, file the joint statement of discovery 

dispute required by Local Rule 251(c). (Id. at 2.) 

Pursuant to Local Rule 251, a hearing on any discovery motion pursuant to Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure 26 through 37 and 45 requires the joint statement regarding the discovery 

disagreement or an affidavit to be filed at least fourteen (14) days before the scheduled hearing 

date. L.R. 251(a). If the moving party “is unable, after a good faith effort, to secure the 

cooperation of counsel for the opposing party in arranging the required conference, or in 

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preparing and executing the required joint statement, counsel for that party may file and serve an 

affidavit” containing specific information. L.R. 251(d). If a joint statement or affidavit is not 

timely filed, the hearing may be dropped from the calendar without prejudice. Id. 

The deadline to file the joint statement or an affidavit was November 29, 2023. Because 

no joint statement or affidavit was filed by the deadline, the Court shall vacate the hearing on 

Plaintiffs’ motion and deny the motion without prejudice to the Plaintiffs refiling. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Local Rule 251(a), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing 

on Plaintiffs’ motion to compel compliance with a subpoena served on nonparty Maria Sosa and 

related request for monetary sanctions, set for December 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9, 

(ECF No. 15), is VACATED, and the motion is DENIED without prejudice to the Plaintiffs

refiling the motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2023 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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