Deol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VIBRANTCARE REHABILITATION, No. 2:20-cv-00791 MCE AC

INC.,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

KIRAN DEOL,

15 Defendant.

17 Pending before the court is defendant’s motion to compel. ECF No. 36. The motion is currently set for hearing on the papers on April 27, 2022 before the undersigned. This discovery matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(1). Local Rule 251(b) establishes requirements for any party bringing a motion pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 through 37, including the requirement that the parties meet and confer and file a joint discovery statement. Here, no joint discovery statement has been filed. Instead, the parties filed separate documents. ECF Nos. 41 and 42. Plaintiff filed a declaration stating that defendant, the moving party, gave inadequate time for a joint statement to be prepared, failed to adequately meet and confer, and filed an independent statement with the court on the…