McKay v. Nugs.Net Enters.

Full title: SARAH MCKAY, Plaintiff, v. NUGS.NET ENTERPRISES, INC., Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, Northern District of California

Date published: Mar 7, 2024

23-cv-01900-RFL (LJC) (N.D. Cal. Mar. 7, 2024)

Opinion

23-cv-01900-RFL (LJC)

03-07-2024

SARAH MCKAY, Plaintiff, v. NUGS.NET ENTERPRISES, INC., Defendant.

LISA J. CISNEROS, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ORDER CONVERTING DISCOVERY STATUS CONFERENCE TO AN INPERSON HEARING AND CONTINUING TO MARCH 14, 2024

LISA J. CISNEROS, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Pursuant to the Court's February 22, 2024 Order (ECF No. 67), the parties have filed a Joint Proposed Discovery Schedule, which in reality contains two competing proposals as to potential interim discovery deadlines prior to the June 3, 2024 deadline for Plaintiff to move for class certification. ECF No. 70. The parties have also filed two Joint Discovery Letter Briefs, one regarding ESI Issues and another regarding Non-ESI Issues. ECF Nos. 68, 69. The Court previously set a discovery status conference for March 12, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., via Zoom.¹

1 All times provided in this Order are in Pacific Standard Time (PST).

The Court is seriously concerned about the continuing delay in commencing discovery (even though the class certification motion deadline is now less than three months away), the lack of cooperation between the parties, and their inability to resolve disputes through the meet and confer process. Accordingly, the March 12, 2024 discovery status conference is hereby CONVERTED into an in-person hearing, and CONTINUED to March 14, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., to be held at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Courtroom G, 15^th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94102. If the parties are unavailable, they may file a stipulation and proposed order to continue the hearing to the following week, on either March 19, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., or March 21, 2024, at 1:00 p.m.

If they wish, by March 13, 2024, at 12:00 p.m., the parties may file a joint letter of no more than two pages informing the Court of whether they have managed to resolve any of their pending disputes before the hearing. If the parties file a stipulation and proposed order for a continuance as set forth above, they shall also propose a new deadline by which the joint letter can be filed, which shall be no less than twenty-four hours before the proposed hearing date. The Court will review any joint letter filed by the parties and may consider whether converting the in-person hearing back to a hearing via Zoom videoconference is warranted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.