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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LILY JEUNG, et al.,

Plaintiffs.

v.

YELP INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02228-RS (JCS)

NOTICE OF REFERENCE AND 

ORDER RE DISCOVERY 

PROCEDURES

Re: Dkt. No. 57

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero for Plaintiff's 

Motion Regarding Requests for Admissions (the "Motion") and all future discovery.

 Defendant shall file an opposition to the Motion by August 11, 2015. No reply brief is 

allowed. Upon the filing of the opposition the Court will determine what future proceedings, if 

any, are necessary.

 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. 

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. 

In the event a future 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 

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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 

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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).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2015

_____________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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