Opinion
No. CIV S-03-2682 MCE KJM.
August 9, 2007
ORDER
Defendants have filed an ex parte application for an order shortening time for hearing on a motion to withdraw documents filed in violation of the protective order and for sanctions. It appears that the documents defendants contend are protected are now fully in the public domain. Any curative withdrawal would therefore appear to be futile. The question of sanctions, however, is not moot but does not appear to be a matter that must be heard on an expedited basis.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
Defendants' motion for sanctions for violation of the protective order is set for hearing before the undersigned on August 29, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. The parties are directed to fully meet and confer on the issues raised in defendants' motion and a joint stipulation as provided in Local Rule 37-251 shall be filed, with a courtesy copy submitted to chambers, no later than August 23, 2007.