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Parties Involved:
Fedex Ground Package System Inc.
Defendant
Faith D. Martin
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FAITH D. MARTIN, No. C-06-06883 MJJ (JCS)

Plaintiff(s),

NOTICE OF REFERENCE; ORDER

v. RE DISCOVERY PROCEDURES;

ORDER TO MEET AND CONFER

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE

SYSTEM INC.,

Defendant(s).

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to the undersigned for resolution of Plaintiff’s Motion to 

Compel Further Discovery Responses (the “Motion”) and all future discovery matters. 

As it appears to the Court that counsel have not made adequate efforts resolve this matter, IT

IS HEREBY ORDERED that within ten (10) calendar days from the date of this Order lead trial

counsel for Plaintiff(s) and lead trial counsel for Defendant(s) shall meet and confer in person in the

Juror Conference Room adjacent to Courtroom A regarding the subject matter of the Motion in an

effort to resolve the matter(s). [Counsel are direct to contact the Courtroom Deputy, Karen Hom, at

(415) 522-2035 to arrange for the use of the Conference Room.] Within five (5) calendar days of the

lead trial counsels’ meet-and-confer session, the parties shall provide a detailed Joint Letter to the

Court. This Joint Letter shall include a description of every issue in dispute and, with respect to

each such issue, a detailed summary of each party’s final substantive position and its final proposed

compromise on each issue. The Court will then determine what further proceedings, if any, are

necessary.

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LAW AND MOTION PROCEDURES

Civil law and motion is heard on Friday mornings, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, 

United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California. 

In the event a 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

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) business 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) business days of the in-person meeting between lead trial counsel

referred to above, the parties shall jointly file a detailed letter with the 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

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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 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.

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)”.

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. All documents

shall be filed in compliance with the Civil Local Rules. Documents not filed in compliance with

those rules will not be considered by the Court.

BEFORE NOON ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

FILING, THE PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE DIRECTLY WITH CHAMBERS ONE 

CONFORMED, PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED

"JCS’S CHAMBERS' COPY."

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: August 13, 2007 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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