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Parties Involved:
Department of Defense
Defendant
Robert Gates
Defendant
Norvel R. Wright
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NORVEL R. WRIGHT,

Plaintiff, No. 2:08-cv-1765 GEB KJN PS

vs.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT

GATES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

AGENCY,

Defendant. ORDER

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Defendant’s motion to compel responses from plaintiff Norvel R. Wright to 

Defendant’s First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff and Defendant’s First Request for Production

of Documents to Plaintiff is presently set for hearing before the court on March 4, 2010 at 10:00

a.m. (Dkt. Nos. 32, 36.) Defendant’s basic position is that plaintiff has not responded to the

discovery requests at issue, and plaintiff’s basic position is that he has responded to all discovery

requests that he has actually received. 

The parties have not prepared the “Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement”

required by Local Rule 251(c), and defendant is proceeding under an exception to the

requirement of filing a joint statement available “when there has been a complete and total failure

to respond to a discovery request. . . .” Local Rule 251(e). It does not appear from the parties’

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submissions on defendant’s motion to compel that the parties have attempted to discuss or

prepare a Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement. 

The court hereby ORDERS the parties to meet and confer regarding the pending

discovery dispute and file, no later than February 25, 2010, either: (a) a Joint Statement re

Discovery Disagreement consistent with the requirements of Local Rule 251(c), or (b) a

statement summarizing the parties’ good faith efforts to meet and confer regarding preparation of

the joint statement and the reasons why such good faith efforts were unsuccessful. The parties

might find it fruitful to meet and confer via telephone or in-person meeting, as opposed to the

exchange of letters. 

The hearing presently set for March 4, 2010 will remain on calendar.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 19, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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