Hogan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS M. HOGAN and RU HOGAN, No. 2:22-cv-00039 WBS AC Plaintiffs, v. ORDER CENTRAL LOAN ADMINISTRATION, et al, 15 Defendants.

17 Pending before the court is plaintiffs’ motion to have deemed admissions withdrawn. ECF No. 46. The motion was taken under submission. This discovery matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(1). This motion is procedurally defective. 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. A motion to withdraw admissions is governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36(b), and thus comes within the scope of Local Rule 251(b). The exception to the meet and confer and joint statement requirements, Local Rule 251(e), does not apply here because the moving party is not “aggrieved” by the other…