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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCY VELASQUEZ,

Plaintiff.

v.

ENGELBERTO TEJEDA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02261-MMC (JCS)

NOTICE OF REFERENCE, ORDER TO 

MEET AND CONFER AND FILE JOINT 

LETTER

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero for 

resolution of Plaintiff’s Letter Re: Site Inspection, ECF Dkt 12, and all further discovery matters.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that not later than ten (10) calendar 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 regarding the subject matter of the Motion(s) in an effort to resolve the matter(s). 

Within five (5) calendar 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 G, 15th 

Floor, United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102.

In the event a future discovery dispute arises, IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED 

that before filing any discovery motion before this Court, the parties must comply with the 

following:

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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) 

calendar 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) calendar days of the in-person meeting between lead trial counsel 

referred to above, the parties shall jointly file a detailed letter with the Court, not to 

exceed five (5) pages without leave of 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.

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 Fed. R. Civ. P. 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 

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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.

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)”.

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. All 

documents shall be filed in compliance with the Civil Local Rules. Documents not filed in 

compliance with those rules will not be considered by the Court.

BEFORE NOON ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC 

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

CONFORMED, PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED 

"JCS’S CHAMBERS' COPY." 

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

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 24, 2015

_____________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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