Free Arbitration Scheduling Order - District Court of California - California

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STANDING ORDER

Civil Law and Motion is heard on Fridays, at 9:30 a.m. Criminal Law and Motion is

heard on Fridays, at 10:30 a.m. Counsel need not reserve a hearing date in advance for civil motions. However, noticed dates may be reset as the Court's calendar requires.

Case Management and Pretrial Conferences are heard on Fridays, at 1:30 p.m. Case

Management Conferences will no longer be recorded, unless requested by the parties.

In cases that are randomly assigned to Judge Spero for all purposes, a Consent to

Proceed before a U.S. Magistrate Judge and a Declination to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge And Request For Reassignment to a United States District Judge Forms will be mailed to all parties. The parties are requested, within two weeks from receipt of the form, to complete and file the form indicating their consent or request for reassignment to a District Judge.

Parties with questions regarding scheduling of settlement conferences should contact

Judge Spero's secretary, Mary Ann Macudzinski-Gomez, at (415) 522-3691. All other scheduling questions should be addressed to Judge Spero's courtroom deputy, Karen Hom, at (415) 522-2035.

Discovery motions may be addressed to the Court in three ways. A motion may be

noticed on not less than thirty-five (35) days notice pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-2. Alternatively, any party may seek an order shortening time under Civil L.R. 6-3 if the circumstances justify that relief. In emergencies during discovery events (such as depositions), the Court is available pursuant to Civil L.R. 37-1(b). In the event a discovery dispute arises, counsel for the party seeking discovery shall in good faith confer in person with counsel for the party failing to make the discovery in an effort to resolve the dispute without court action, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and Civil L.R. 37-1(a). The meeting must be in person, except where good cause is shown why a telephone meeting is adequate. A declaration setting forth these meet and confer efforts and the final positions of each 1

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party shall be included in the moving papers. The Court will not consider discovery motions unless the moving party has complied with Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and Civil L.R. 37-10(a).

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In all "e-filing" cases, when filing papers in connection with any motion for

determination by a judge, the parties shall, in addition to filing papers electronically, lodge with chambers a printed copy of the papers by the close of the next court day following the day the papers are filed electronically. These printed copies shall be marked "Chambers Copy" and shall be submitted directly to Magistrate Judge Spero's chambers in an envelope clearly marked with the judge's name, case number and "E-Filing Chambers Copy." Parties shall not file a paper copy of any document with the Clerk's Office that has already been filed electronically.

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Any proposed stipulation or proposed order in a case subject to electronic filing shall

be sent by email to [email protected]. This address is to be used only for proposed orders unless otherwise directed by the Court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 26, 2003 /s/ Joseph C. Spero JOSEPH C. SPERO United States Magistrate Judge

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