Opinion
PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Michael R. Wilner.
Plaintiff filed a discovery motion that is not in the joint format mandated under the Local Rules. (Docket # 57.) The motion is accompanied by a declaration (as required under Local Rule 37-2.4) that indicates that the defense did not respond to Plaintiff's request to meet-and-confer to resolve the discovery dispute before Plaintiff filed the motion. (Docket # 37-1 at 3.)
A party's failure to file a required document within a deadline set by local rule or to cooperate in the submission of a joint discovery motion " may be deemed consent to the granting [ ] of the motion." Local Rule 7-12. Therefore, Defendants are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE for their failure to comply with the meet-and-confer/joint filing process and to submit a substantive response to the discovery motion by August 26, at 3:00 p.m. If the Court does not receive any submission, the motion will be granted as unopposed under local rule without further proceedings.