Gastelum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FERNANDO GASTELUM, an individual, Case No.: 21-CV-1458 JLS (DEB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

PINNACLE HOTEL CIRCLE LP dba

Comfort Inn and Suites San Diego Zoo (ECF No. 36) SeaWorld Area, 16 Defendant. 17 18 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 36). The Motion was filed without Plaintiff first obtaining a hearing date from chambers, in violation of Civil Local Rules 7.1(b) and 7.1(f)(1). “The requirement that a party obtain a hearing date from the judge’s clerk is no empty formality; it is a rule of substantial importance. Under Civil Local Rule 7.1(e)(1)–(3), the hearing date sets in motion a calendar for the filing of opposition and reply briefs.” Kashin v. Kent, No. 02CV2495LAB(WMC), 2007 WL 1975435, at *1 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 26, 2007), aff’d, 342 F. App’x 341 (9th Cir. 2009). Plaintiff’s failure to…