Opinion
C22-790-RAJ-MLP
05-10-2023
MELISSA NEWTON, Plaintiff, v. JP MORGAN CHASE & CO., et al., Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
The following Minute Order is made at the direction of the Court, the Hon. Michelle L. Peterson, United States Magistrate Judge:
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion to Seal JPMC Confidential
Documents (“Plaintiff's Motion”). (Dkt. # 71.) The Court's Scheduling Order requires that parties meet and confer before a motion is filed. (Dkt. # 19 at 2-3.) Plaintiff's Motion indicates Plaintiff conferred with non-party JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., which has been dismissed as a defendant in this case and whose confidential material is the subject of Plaintiff's Motion. (Dkt. # 71 at 2; see dkt. # 42.) However, conferral with non-parties does not fulfill a party's obligation to meet and confer with the other parties to the case. Accordingly, the Court STRIKES Plaintiff's Motion (dkt. # 71) without prejudice to refiling after complying with the obligation to meet and confer with opposing counsel.