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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 

DESHAWN CATHEY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-01749-JAM-AC 

ORDER 

 Defendants have filed a notice stating that counsel, Furah Z. Faruqui, will be out of the 

country from August 12, 2015 to August 24, 2015. ECF No. 33. Currently, plaintiff’s amended 

motion regarding the protective order, ECF No. 22, and amended motion to compel, ECF No. 23, 

are scheduled for hearing on August 12, 2015. ECF No. 24. In light of defendants’ notice of 

unavailability, the court will continue the hearing on plaintiff’s amended motion regarding the 

protective order and amended motion to compel to August 26, 2015. 

In addition, on July 22, 2015, plaintiff filed an opposition to defendants’ motion to 

compel. ECF No. 32. Then, a day later, defendants filed an opposition to plaintiff’s motion to 

compel. ECF No. 27. Local Rule 251(a) requires parties to meet and confer in order for their 

discovery motions, including motions to compel, to be heard. In addition, the undersigned’s case 

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management procedures require that such meetings be held either in person, over the phone, or 

via video conferencing.1 Meet and confers conducted through writing alone are insufficient. 

If the moving party is still dissatisfied after the parties have met and conferred, then all 

parties involved must submit a joint statement seven days before the scheduled hearing date. 

Local Rule 251(a). The parties’ joint statement must include (1) the details of their conference or 

conferences; (2) a statement summarizing the nature of the action and the relevant factual 

disputes as well as the issues to be determines at the hearing; and (3) the contentions of each party 

with regards to each contested issue. Local Rule 251(c). The parties’ oppositions do not comply 

with Local Rule 251 and accordingly, they will be stricken. In order for the parties’ motions to 

compel to be heard they must meet and confer and file joint statements per the local rules and the 

court’s instructions. 

In accordance with the foregoing, THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS that: 

1. The court’s August 12, 2015 hearing on plaintiff’s amended motion regarding the 

protective order, ECF No. 22, and amended motion to compel, ECF No. 23, is continued to 

August 26, 2015; and 

2. The parties’ oppositions, ECF Nos. 32 & 27, are STRICKEN. 

DATED: July 28, 2015 

___________/S/ Allison Claire__________ 

 ALLISON CLAIRE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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 The undersigned’s case management procedures can be found online at 

http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/united-states-magistratejudge-allison-claire-ac/. 

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