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Parties Involved:
College of Health & Human Services, San Francisco State University
Defendant
Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre
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

JULIA POWELL KELLER-MCINTYRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN

SERVICES, SAN FRANCISCO STATE

UNIVERSITY,

Defendant.

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No. C-06-3209 MMC (EMC)

ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S E-MAIL OF

OCTOBER 17, 2006, AND FUTURE

DISCOVERY DISPUTES

On October 17, 2006, Plaintiff Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre sent an e-mail to the

undersigned’s Courtroom Deputy. The e-mail was addressed to the Court and asked for relief with

respect to the deposition of Richard Dziadur, which was held the day before, and for prospective

relief with respect to the deposition of Russell Kilday-Hicks, which was scheduled for the afternoon

of October 17. 

As a preliminary matter, the Court notes that, although Ms. Keller-McIntyre did not file any

papers with the Court asking for relief and instead only sent an e-mail, it shall still consider her

requests for relief. The Court has scheduled a conference call to discuss the discovery disputes with

the parties.

For all future discovery disputes, the Court hereby imposes the following procedures. 

If a discovery dispute arises and the parties are unable to resolve the dispute after meeting and

conferring in good faith, then the party seeking relief from the Court may file a letter brief, not to

exceed two single-spaced pages, stating what the dispute is about and what the party’s position on

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the dispute is. If the dispute concerns written discovery (e.g., requests for production of documents,

interrogatories), then the party seeking relief should provide to the Court a copy of the discovery

requests as well as the opposing party’s responses to the discovery requests. The opposing party

shall then have three court days to file a responsive letter brief, also not to exceed two single-spaced

pages. Thereafter, the Court shall decide whether further briefing is necessary and/or whether to

conduct a telephonic conference or hold a formal hearing.

Ms. Keller-McIntyre is warned that, in the future, if she desires any relief from the Court,

then she must formally file a document with the Court asking for relief. An informal e-mail will

not be considered. If, however, a dispute arises during a deposition and, “if disposition of the

dispute during the discovery event likely would result in substantial savings of expense or time,”

Ms. Keller-McIntyre may telephone the Court’s Courtroom Deputy “to ask if the Judge is available

to address the problem through a telephone conference during the [deposition].” Civ. L.R. 37-1(b)

(emphasis added). Before contacting the Courtroom Deputy, however, Ms. Keller-McIntyre must

have attempted to resolve the matter without judicial intervention by meeting and conferring in good

faith with the opposing party. See id.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 17, 2006

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA POWELL KELLER-MCINTYRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN

SERVICES, SAN FRANCISCO STATE

UNIVERSITY,

Defendant.

___________________________________/

No. C-06-3209 MMC (EMC)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the U.S. District Court, Northern

District of California. On the below date, I served a true and correct copy of the attached, by placing

said copy/copies in a postage-paid envelope addressed to the person(s) listed below, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail; or by placing said copy/copies into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Office of the Clerk.

Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre

P.O. Box 320662

San Francisco, CA 94132

415/314-4204 (cell)

415/405-3943 (work)

ALL OTHER COUNSEL/PARTIES TO

RECEIVE ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC

FILING

Dated: October 17, 2006 RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: /s/ 

Leni Doyle

Deputy Clerk

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