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Parties Involved:
GEO Secure Services, LLC
Defendant
Chris Mazzei
Plaintiff
The GEO Group, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRIS MAZZEI, on behalf of himself 

and all other similarly situated, and on 

behalf of the public

Plaintiff,

v.

GEO SECURE SERVICES, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:22-cv-01347-AWI-CDB

ORDER SETTING DEADLINE FOR 

RULE 26 DISCLOSURES AND

REQUIRING PARTIES TO FILE A JOINT 

STATUS REPORT

The Court held an off the record scheduling conference on January 12, 2023, at which 

Attorney Nidah Farishta appeared on behalf of Plaintiffs and Attorney Amanda C. Koziol

appeared on behalf of Defendant. During the conference, the parties agreed that scheduling the 

case should be delayed for a brief time. Based on the parties’ representations and agreement 

during the conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. The parties shall exchange the initial disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) on or 

before February 10, 2023, but no further discovery, motion or other pretrial scheduling 

will be set at this time.

2. The parties shall meet and confer and file a joint report that summarizes the status of any 

settlement discussions on or before February 27, 2023. The report shall describe any 

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efforts undertaken or ongoing to pursue private mediation. The parties shall include in 

their joint report whether they wish to opt-in to the Court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution 

Program (see Local Rule 271), or request that either the assigned or an un-assigned 

magistrate judge convene a settlement conference.

3. If the parties do not wish to pursue any of the settlement options described above, the 

parties shall include in their joint report a proposed class certification discovery and 

motion briefing and hearing schedule.

4. The parties shall familiarize themselves with Hernandez Gomez et. al. v. the GEO Group, 

Inc., Case No. 1:22-cv-00868-ADA-CDB, and either file a notice of related cases 

consistent with Local Rule 123 or explain in their joint report why such a filing is not 

necessary.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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