Estate of Antonio Thomas v. County of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ESTATE OF ANTONIO THOMAS, et al., No. 2:20-cv-0903 KJM DB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants. 16 On October 4, 2021, defendants filed a motion to retain confidentiality and noticed the motion for hearing before the undersigned on November 12, 2021, pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 68.) On November 5, 2021, the partied filed a Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement pursuant to Local Rule 251. (ECF No. 74.) The undersigned’s Standard Information re discovery disputes set forth on the court’s web page explains that parties must meet and confer prior to filing a discovery motion and “must again confer in person or via telephone or video conferencing” prior to the filing of the joint statement. See http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/united-states- magistrate-judge-deborah-barnes-db. Here, the parties did not meet and confer after the filing of the discovery…