Sears

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Michael Sears, No. 2:22-cv-01624-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER v. City of Oroville, 1S Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Michael Sears brings this employment action against the City of Oroville. Compl., ECF No. 1. Oroville moves to dismiss two claims for failure to state a claim. Mot., ECF No. 7. In Oroville’s notice of motion, its counsel notes calling plaintiff's counsel requesting to meet and confer five days before filing, leaving a voicemail, and then following up by email with “a detailed description of each argument Defendant intended to raise.” /d. at 2. Plaintiff's 22 counsel never responded. /d. This court’s standing order requires attorneys to meet and confer with one another before 24 they file motions. See Standing Order at 3, ECF No. 3-1; Mollica v. County of Sacramento, No. 19-2017, 2022 WL 15053335, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2022). Attorneys who intend to…