Parker, Jr. v. Crown Equipment Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN PARKER, JR., et al., No. 2:20-cv-0357 KJM DB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant. 16 On April 14, 2022, defendant filed a motion to compel and noticed the motion for hearing before the undersigned on May 20, 2022, pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 39.) Pursuant to Local Rule 251 motions related to discovery shall consist of a brief notice of motion and motion “scheduling the hearing date[.]” Local Rule 251(a). “No other documents need be filed at this time.” (Id.) However, the motion “shall not be heard unless [] the parties have conferred and attempted to resolve their differences[.]” Local Rule 251(b). In this regard, “[c]ounsel for all interested parties shall confer in advance of the filing of the motion or in advance of the hearing of the motion in a good faith effort to resolve the differences that are the subject of the motion.” (Id.) If, after meeting and conferring, the…