Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_14-cv-02309/USCOURTS-caed-2_14-cv-02309-4/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

---

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RANDY BLANKENCHIP, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-2309 WBS AC 

ORDER 

 Pending before the court is defendant CitiMortgage, Inc.’s June 18, 2015, Motion for 

Protective Order, ECF No. 21. The motion does not comply with the Local Rules of this court, 

and will therefore be denied without prejudice to its renewal in proper form. 

 Motions for protective orders are governed by E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 251, which 

provides: 

All arguments and briefing that would otherwise be included in a 

memorandum of points and authorities supporting or opposing the 

motion shall be included in this joint statement, and no separate 

briefing shall be filed. 

Local Rule 251(c) (emphasis added). Defendant has filed separate “arguments and briefing” in 

support of the motion, rather than including them in the Joint Statement, in violation of this rule. 

This has apparently prompted plaintiff to file his own separate brief opposing the motion. Both 

briefs are inappropriate and in violation of the Local Rule 251(c). 

Case 2:14-cv-02309-WBS-AC Document 26 Filed 07/23/15 Page 1 of 2
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

2

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Defendant’s motion for protective order (ECF No. 21), is DENIED without prejudice 

to its renewal in proper form; and 

 2. The hearing on this motion, currently scheduled for July 29, 2015, is VACATED. 

DATED: July 22, 2015 

Case 2:14-cv-02309-WBS-AC Document 26 Filed 07/23/15 Page 2 of 2