Mollica

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Lia D. Mollica, No. 2:19-cv-02017-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. County of Sacramento, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 This court’s standing order requires attorneys to meet and confer with one another before 18 they file motions. See Standing Order at 3, ECF No. 3-1. Attorneys who intend to file motions must “discuss thoroughly the substance of the contemplated motion and any potential resolution.” 20 Jd. “Counsel should discuss the issues sufficiently so that if a motion of any kind is filed, including for summary judgment, the briefing is directed only to those substantive issues 22 requiring resolution by the court.” /d. If a motion is necessary after meeting and conferring, the moving party must include a certification by an attorney “that meet and confer efforts have been 24 exhausted, with a brief summary of meet and confer efforts.” /d. (emphasis omitted). With 25 respect to the motion…