Opinion
C21-5130-MLP
12-02-2021
JOSEPH ESPARZA, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., Defendant.
ORDER
MICHELLE L. PETERSON, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On November 19, 2021, Defendant Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company (“Allstate”) filed a Motion for Limited Bifurcation. (Dkt. # 31.) Given Plaintiff Joseph Esparza's response joining the motion, filed December 2, 2021 (dkt. # 32), it appears that Allstate failed to satisfy the Court's requirement to meet and confer with opposing counsel prior to filing the motion. As explained in the Court's Chambers Procedures, “[t]he Court construes this requirement strictly” and “[f]ilings not in compliance with this rule may be stricken.” Judge Michelle L. Peterson Procedures, available at www.wawd.uscourts.gov/judges/peterson-procedures.
Accordingly, the Court hereby orders that Allstate's motion (dkt. # 31) be STRICKEN. The parties are directed to file a stipulated motion on the issue of bifurcation.