Miranda Dairy v. Harry Shelton Livestock, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 MIRANDA DAIRY, et al., Case No. 18-cv-06357-RMI

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTES

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 111, 112, 113, 114 HARRY SHELTON LIVESTOCK, LLC, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Now pending before the court are four letter briefs through which the Parties complain about a host of discovery disputes. At the outset, the court will note that, pursuant to Paragraph 13(a) of the undersigned’s General Standing Order, discovery disputes must be presented in a jointly filed letter brief that should be preceded with a good-faith effort to resolve or narrow the disputes without court intervention. Putting aside the fact that two of the four currently pending letter briefs were unilaterally filed, a common theme amongst all four briefs is the abject failure of the parties to meet and confer in any meaningful fashion before dumping a series of unrefined, sometimes unripe, and sometimes moot disputes onto the court’s docket. …