(PS) School v. Rodrigues ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL C. SCHOOL, Case No. 2:20-cv-00004-JAM-JDP (PS) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 13 v. ECF No. 15 14 OLIVIA RODRIGUES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel, moves for production of exculpatory evidence 18 under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). ECF No. 15. Although the authority cited by 19 plaintiff governs the criminal discovery process, it is not application to this civil case. The 20 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern discovery in this case. Importantly, no party may move 21 to compel discovery without first attempting to resolve the dispute with the other party. See Fed. 22 R. Civ. P. 37(a)(1) (requiring the parties to meet and confer regarding discovery disputes before 23 bringing them to the court). Additionally, in accordance with my Civil Procedures, the parties 24 must conduct a telephonic conference with me before filing any discovery motion.1 25 Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for production of documents, ECF No. 15, is denied. 26 27 1 Available online by clicking the “Civil Procedures” hyperlink at 28 http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/50231/. 1 > IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 ( | { Wine Dated: _ September 28, 2021 Q_—_—. 4 JEREMY D. PETERSON 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28