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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

*E-FILED 7/11/05*

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SUSANNE PALMER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 I.C. SYSTEM, INC., ET AL.,

Defendants.

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NO. 5:04-cv-3237 RMW (RS)

ORDER VACATING HEARING

DATE AND DIRECTING COUNSEL

TO MEET AND CONFER

REGARDING AMENDED

DISCOVERY RESPONSES

On June 24, 2005, the Court issued anorder directing counselfor plaintiffSusanne Palmer ("Palmer")

to file a declarationconfirmingwhether or not he had met and conferred withdefense counsel prior to filing the

motionto compelfurther discovery, presently set for hearing onJuly 13, 2005. On June 29, 2005, counselfiled

a supplemental declaration stating that, although he did not meet withdefense counsel regarding the amended

discovery responses, which are the subject of the motion to compel, he concluded that a further "meet and

confer" session was unnecessary since the parties had met extensively with respect to the initial discovery

responses provided by defendant I.C. Systems, Inc. ("ICS"), and the amended discovery responses provide

only slightly altered information.

Civil L.R. 37-1 requires that counsel meet and confer in an attempt to resolve their differences

regarding discovery disputes prior to filing a motion to compel. As the declarations filed by counsel confirm,

theydid not meet and conferregarding the discoverywhichisthe subject ofthe present motionto compel. See

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Declaration of Andrew Steinheimer at ¶ 2; Supplemental Declaration of Paul Arons at ¶ 1. As a result,

pursuant to the "meet and confer" requirement set forth in L.R. 37-1, the hearing on July 13, 2005 regarding

Palmer's motion to compel is vacated and the parties are ordered to meet and confer regarding the amended

discoveryresponses filed by ICS. If that meeting is unsuccessful, Palmermayre-notice her motionto compel

in compliance with Civil L.R. 37-1.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 11, 2005 /s/ Richard Seeborg 

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States Magistrate Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT NOTICE OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Paul Arons lopa@rockisland.com 

O. Randolph Bragg rand@horwitzlaw.com, shannon@horwitzlaw.com 

June D. Coleman jcoleman@mpbf.com, mellis@mpbf.com;fwilson@mpbf.com 

Mark Ewell Ellis mellis@mpbf.com, restrella@mpbf.com;npruitt@mpbf.com 

Andrew Steinheimer asteinheimer@mpbf.com,

lmiller@mpbf.com;mellis@mpbf.com;vaxeman@mpbf.com 

Ronald Wilcox ronaldwilcox@post.harvard.edu 

Dated: July 11, 2005 Chambers of Judge Richard Seeborg

By: /s/ BAK 

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