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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILIP WONG, ET AL., No. C-07-02446 MMC (JCS)

Plaintiff(s),

NOTICE OF REFERENCE, TIME

v. AND PLACE OF HEARING; ORDER

TO MEET AND CONFER

HSBC MORTGAGE CORP

Defendant(s). (E-FILING CASES)

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to the undersigned magistrate judge for resolution of

Plaintiffs’ motion to compel and all future discovery matters.

The hearing on “Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Defendants’ Complete and Thorough

Responses to Interrogatories 4 and 6 and Requests for Production 1, 3, 4, and 5" (the “Motion”)

[Docket No. 34] has been set for September 28, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom A, 15th Floor,

Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102. The opposition(s), if

not already filed, shall be electronically filed and served no later than twenty-one (21) days prior to

the hearing. Any reply to the opposition(s) shall be electronically filed and served no later than

fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing. All documents shall be filed in compliance with Civil L.R.

7-2 through 7-5. Documents not filed in compliance with those rules will not be considered by the

Court. Any party seeking an award of attorney’s fees or other expenses in connection with this

motion shall file a motion in accordance with Civil L.R. 37-3. 

In addition, it appears that counsel have not made adequate efforts resolve this matter

without the need for Court intervention. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that not later

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 Counsel shall contact Chambers staff at 415-522-3691 or the Courtroom Deputy at 415-522-

2035 to reserve the conference room.

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than ten (10) days from the date of this Order, lead trial counsel for Plaintiff(s) and lead trial counsel

for Defendant(s) shall meet and confer in person in the undersigned’s Juror Conference Room

regarding the subject matter of the Motion(s) in an effort to resolve the matter(s).1

 Within five (5)

business days of the lead trial counsels’ meet-and-confer session, the parties shall provide a detailed

Joint Letter to the Court. This Joint Letter shall include a description of every issue in dispute and,

with respect to each such issue, a detailed summary of each party’s final substantive position and its

final proposed compromise on each issue.

 LAW AND MOTION HEARING PROCEDURES

Civil law and motion is heard on Friday mornings, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, 

United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California. 

In the event a discovery dispute arises, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that before filing any

discovery motion before this Court, the parties must comply with the following:

1. Lead trial counsel for both parties must meet and confer in person regarding the

matter(s) at issue. This meeting shall occur after other efforts to resolve the dispute,

such as telephone, e-mail, teleconference, or correspondence, have been unsuccessful. 

Once those efforts have proved unsuccessful, any party may demand a meeting of

lead trial counsel to resolve a discovery matter. Such a meeting shall occur within ten

(10) business days of the demand. The locations of the meetings shall alternate. The

first meeting shall be at a location selected by counsel for Plaintiff(s). If there are any

future disputes, the next such meeting shall be held at a location to be determined by

counsel for Defendant(s), etc.

2. Within five (5) business days of the in-person meeting between lead trial counsel

referred to above, the parties shall jointly file a detailed letter with the Court, which

will include the matters that remain in dispute, a detailed substantive description of

each side’s position on each such issue, and a description of each side’s proposed

compromise on each such issue.

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3. After the Court has received the joint letter, the Court will determine what future

proceedings, if any, are necessary.

In the event that the parties continue to be unable to resolve the matters regarding the timing

and scope of discovery, the Court will consider what future actions are necessary. These actions

may include the following: (1) sanctions against a party failing to cooperate in the discovery process

and meet and confer in good faith, as required by this Order, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

and the Local Rules of this Court; and/or (2) requiring the Chief Executive Officers of each party to

attend the in-person, meet-and-confer sessions described above. The Court is not entering either of

these matters as an Order of the Court at this time, and fully expects counsel to meet their

obligations under this Order and under the Local Rules.

A party or counsel has a continuing duty to supplement the initial disclosure when required

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e)(1).

Law and motion matters may be submitted without argument upon stipulation of the parties

and notification of the Court no later than 4:30 p.m. the day before the hearing. Pursuant to Civil

L. R. 7-7(e), filed motions may be withdrawn without leave of the Court within seven (7) days of the

date for service of the opposition. Thereafter, leave of the Court must be sought.

ELECTRONIC FILING AND COURTESY COPIES

Please refer to Civil L. R. 5-4 and General Order No. 45 for the Northern District of

California for information relating to electronic filing procedures and requirements. 

BEFORE NOON ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

FILING, THE PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE DIRECTLY WITH CHAMBERS ONE

PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED "JCS’S CHAMBERS'

COPY." All filings of documents relating to motions referred to the undersigned shall list the civil

case number and the district court judge’s initials followed by the designation “(JCS)”.

The failure of counsel or a party to abide by this Order may result in sanctions pursuant to

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 29, 2007 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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