Opinion
23-cv-03536-MMC (LJC)
08-02-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MELINDA TERUEL, Defendant.
ORDER ALLOWING ADDITIONAL LETTER BRIEF REGARDING HOME INSPECTION RE: DKT. NO. 59
LISA J. CISNEROS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On June 26, 2024, the Court instructed the parties to file three joint letters raising the following disputes (if they were not resolved through further efforts to meet and confer):
(1) a joint letter by Plaintiff-Intervenors and Defendant addressing Plaintiff-Intervenors' requests for discovery; (2) a joint letter by Plaintiff and Defendant addressing Plaintiff's requests for discovery; and (3) a joint letter by Defendant and Plaintiff-Intervenors addressing Defendant's request for a home inspection.ECF No. 53 at 1. The Court also made clear that it would “address each dispute on its own merits and expects the parties to do the same.” Id. at 2.
Notwithstanding those instructions, Defendant addressed her request for a home inspection in response to Plaintiff-Intervenors' arguments regarding Defendant's purportedly deficient discovery. ECF No. 59 at 2-4. Plaintiff-Intervenors seek leave to address that issue separately, asserting that they did not address it in this joint letter because they expected Defendant to draft a letter brief specific to the home inspection as called for by the Court's Order. Id. at 3 n.1. That request is GRANTED. Plaintiff-Intervenors may file a separate letter brief no longer than two pages and no later than August 7, 2024 addressing Defendant's request for a home inspection. Defendant is admonished to comply with procedural orders going forward.
IT IS SO ORDERED.