Akkawi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DIANA AKKAWI, et al., No. 2:20-cv-01034 MCE AC Plaintiffs, v. ORDER KASRA SADR, et al., Defendants.

17 Pending before the court is defendant’s motion for a protective order. ECF No. 40 (duplicatively filed at ECF No. 37). The matter was taken under submission on the papers. ECF No. 41. 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. Additionally, there is a dispute as to whether the parties have met and conferred. Plaintiffs argue that “none of the Defendants and their counsel contacted Plaintiffs’ counsel to meet and confer before the Motion was filed.” ECF No. 44 at 13. …