Fernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANK J. FERNANDEZ, Case No.: 3:22-cv-00446-BAS-VET

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE

v. MOTION FOR RELIEF

E. DUARTE, [Doc. No. 105] Defendant. 15 16 17 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion for Relief. Doc. No. 105 (“Ex Parte Motion”). Therein, Plaintiff requests a conference call with the Court for purposes of resolving a discovery dispute concerning “four interrogatories and request for production of documents” after meet and confer efforts purportedly failed. Id. at 1–2. In his response, Defendant disagrees with Plaintiff’s characterization of the meet and confer efforts but does not object to Plaintiff’s request for a conference call. Doc. No. 107 at 2. As an initial matter, the Court notes that fact discovery in this case closed on November 4, 2024. Doc. No. 73 at 2. The initial scheduling order in this case, dated November 6, 2023, required fact discovery to be completed by April 5, 2024. Doc. No.…