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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ESTATE OF WILLIAM HENNEFER et

al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

YUBA COUNTY et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:22-cv-00389-TLN-KJN 

ORDER

On November 1, 2023, plaintiff filed a motion to compel discovery and for sanctions and 

set the matter for a December 5, 2023 hearing. (ECF No. 32.) Under Local Rule 251, plaintiff 

was required to meet and confer with defendants for purposes of preparing a joint statement on 

plaintiff’s motion, and file that joint statement no later than fourteen days before the motion to 

compel hearing, i.e., by November 21, 2023. That deadline has passed, and plaintiff has not filed 

a joint statement. 

Plaintiff argues that a joint statement is not required, as the parties filed a joint statement 

on September 7, 2023, prior to the parties’ informal discovery conference before the undersigned. 

(ECF No. 34 at 1, referring to ECF No. 28.) However, plaintiff’s understanding of the joint 

statement requirement related to a formal motion to compel is incorrect. The Local Rules’ joint 

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statement requirement related to a formal motion to compel is distinct from the undersigned’s 

informal discovery procedures. As plaintiff filed a motion to compel and set the motion for a 

hearing date, plaintiff must comply with the joint statement requirement set forth in Rule 251. 

Accordingly, the court hereby DENIES plaintiff’s motion without prejudice to renewal 

and VACATES the December 5, 2023 hearing. See L.R. 251(a) (a motion to compel hearing may 

be dropped from the calendar without prejudice if the Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement 

or an affidavit as set forth below is not filed at least fourteen days before the scheduled hearing 

date).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 27, 2023

henn.0389

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