Opinion
For Ming Hsieh, Plaintiff: John S Chang, LEAD ATTORNEY, Law Offices of John Chang, Alhambra, CA; Jens B Koepke, Morris Polich and Purdy LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
For Zhe Xu, also known as, Ze Xu, Jiangxia Tan, also known as, Anna, HK Golden Crown Optical Limited, formerly known as, Doe 1, Defendants: Benjamin Welsh Turner, Jeffrey A Rosenfeld, DLA Piper LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Grant P Alexander, DLA Piper LLP US, Los Angeles, CA.
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 # 87.) The motion is accompanied by a declaration (as required under Local Rule 37-2.4) that indicates that the defense did not provide its portion of the joint motion before Plaintiff filed it. (Docket # 87-2 at 4.) The Court further observes that it conducted an informal call with the parties in early September in an effort to mediate this discovery dispute -- the parties appeared to agree on a way forward with discovery that suggested that motion practice was not necessary.
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, the defense is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE for its failure to comply with the joint filing process and to submit a substantive response to the discovery motion by October 2, 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.