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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BERNARD NORTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04352-JST 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE,

REQUIRING FURTHER MEET AND 

CONFER, AND REQUIRING 

COMPLIANCE WITH PRIOR COURT 

ORDER RE ADR 

This case is set for a Case Management Conference on May 27, 2015. In preparation for 

that hearing, the parties have once again filed separate Case Management Statements. ECF Nos. 

32, 33. The parties’ failure, or inability, to meet and confer sufficiently regarding the preparation 

of a Joint Case Management Statement has already been the subject of one prior order of this 

Court. ECF No. 20. In the present case, it appears that counsel for Defendants did not begin the 

meet and confer process until a few hours before the statement was due; Plaintiff’s counsel 

appears never even to have attempted to meet and confer. Henceforth, unless the Court orders 

otherwise on a showing of good cause, whenever a document is required to be filed jointly in this 

case, counsel will proceed as follows: (1) counsel for Plaintiff will provide a draft of the 

document to counsel for the Defendants at least five court days before the filing deadline; (2) 

counsel for Defendants will provide comments, corrections, and amendments at least three court 

days before the filing deadline; and (3) the parties will have a telephonic conference regarding the 

final form of the document at least one court day prior to the filing deadline. 

The Court further notes that the parties appear not be in compliance with the Court’s order 

of September 26, 2014, ECF No. 4, which required the parties to file “either [a] Stipulation to 

ADR Process or [a] Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference” by December 2, 2014. 

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Statements of intent to address ADR in the future, contained in separate case management 

statements, are not a substitute for compliance with the parties’ court-ordered ADR obligations. 

The parties are ordered to comply with the foregoing requirement by May 27, 2015. 

The Case Management Conference scheduled for May 27, 2015 is continued to June 24, 

2015. An updated Joint Case Management Conference Statement is not required. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 21, 2015

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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