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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN A. TROIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

BOTTLING GROUP, LLC,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-2631-MCE-KJN PS 

ORDER

Presently pending before the court is a motion to dismiss the action for discovery abuses 

and failure to prosecute, accompanied by various alternative motions to compel discovery 

responses, filed by defendant. (ECF Nos. 22-26.) According to the motions, plaintiff, who 

proceeds without counsel, failed to provide initial disclosures, failed to respond to written 

discovery requests, and failed to cooperate with respect to his appearance for deposition. 

Furthermore, the motions claim that plaintiff has changed address, but failed to advise the court 

and defendant’s counsel of a new address, and that plaintiff has ceased communicating with 

defendant’s counsel for several months. All motions were filed on October 24, 2016, and are 

presently noticed for hearing on November 10, 2016.

Due to the alleged complete failure to respond to discovery requests, it appears that 

defendant noticed the motions pursuant to Local Rule 251(e), which permits such discovery 

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motions to be heard on fourteen (14) days’ notice. However, because the primary motion at issue 

here seeks dispositive relief, the court finds that the motions should be heard and briefed on 

greater notice, and thus sets a special briefing schedule.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The November 10, 2016 hearing is VACATED and CONTINUED to Thursday

December 1, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom No. 25 before the undersigned.

2. Plaintiff shall file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to defendant’s motions 

no later than November 10, 2016.

3. Defendant shall file any reply brief no later than November 17, 2016.

4. Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to 

the motions by the required deadline will be construed as a statement of nonopposition to the pending motions and as plaintiff’s consent to dismissal of the action 

with prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 27, 2016

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