Opinion
23-cv-00032
05-05-2023
Patel v. Mayorkas
RULE 26 INSTRUCTION ORDER
BRIAN K. EPPS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
In a case originally filed in this district, the parties shall confer as provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(by the earlier of sixty days after any defendant has been served with the complaint or forty-five days after any defendant has appeared. L.R. 26.1(a) In removed cases the parties shall confer within twenty-one days from the later of the date of removal or filing of the last answer, but in no event later than forty-five days after first appearance by answer or Rule 12 motion of any defendant named in the original complaint L.R. 26.1(e). In cases transferred from another district, the parties shall confer within twenty-one days of the case docketing in this district. L.R. 26.1(f).
The Local Rules may be found on the Court's website at www.gasd.uscourts.gov.
Within Fourteen days after the Rule 26(f) conference, the parties shall complete and file the attached Rule 26(f) report L.R. 26.1(b) A copy of his form in fillable format can be found by following this link: http://www.gasd.uscourts.gov/sites/gasd/files/rule26f.pdf. A party who cannot gain the cooperation of the other party in preparing the report should advise the Court prior to the filing deadline.
SO ORDERED.