Linlor
Linlor v. Conn
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES LINLOR, Case No.: 22cv1806
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING EMERGENCY
v. MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY [Doc No. 17] JUSTIN CONN et al., Defendants. 16 17 Before the Court is plaintiff James Linlor’s Emergency Motion to Compel Discovery 18 of Videos to Protect Plaintiff’s Child (the “Motion”), through which plaintiff seeks an order 19 compelling the production of certain security footage and requiring defendants and their 20 counsel to meet-and-confer with him. See Doc. No. 17. “A party may not seek discovery 21 from any source before the parties have conferred as required by Rule 26(f),” unless the 22 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for early discovery, the parties so stipulate, or a 23 court orders early discovery. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(1). Even if plaintiff propounds early 24 document requests under Rule 34, such requests are deemed served at the first Rule 26(f) 25 conference. See id. R. 26(d)(2).…