Carol-Lee Zuvich et al v. City of Los Angeles

Filing 113

ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFFS EX PARTE APPLICATION 87 : The court DENIES Plaintiffs request to strike Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment, DENIES Plaintiffs request to restore to calendar their Motions for Summary Judgment, and GRANTS Plaintiffs request to continue the hearing on Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment to June 4, 2012. In accord with the Magistrate Judges Order, Plaintiffs may also file an expandedopposition to Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment, not to exceed 35 pages by Judge Dean D. Pregerson (lc)

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1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CAROL-LEE ZUVICH, et al., 12 13 Plaintiffs, v. 14 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 15 Defendant. ___________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CV 11-06832 DDP (AJWx) ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION [Docket No. 87] 16 17 Presently before the court is Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application 18 to Strike Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and/or to 19 Schedule Both Defendant’s and Plaintiff Zuvich, Dowd and Young’s 20 Motion for Summary Judgment for June 4, 2012; or for Continuance 21 (“Application”). 22 court DENIES the Application in part, GRANTS the Application in 23 part, and adopts the following Order. 24 Having reviewed the parties’ submissions, the First, the court denies Plaintiffs’ request to strike 25 Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. 26 its Opposition, Defendant adequately complied with the relevant 27 document filing and meet and confer requirements for its Motion, as 28 set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Central District As Defendant explains in 1 Local Rules, and Magistrate Judge’s Case Management Order. 2 Second, the court denies Plaintiffs’ request to “restore[] to 3 calendar” their previously filed Motions for Summary Judgment. 4 Plaintiffs, then appearing in pro per, erroneously filed their 5 Motions to be heard by this court, instead of by the Magistrate 6 Judge. 7 calendar. 8 summary judgment before the court, if they wish to do so. The Magistrate Judge therefore took the Motions off Plaintiffs, now represented by counsel, may re-file for 9 Third, the Magistrate Judge has already issued an Order 10 allowing Plaintiffs to file an expanded opposition to Defendant’s 11 Motion for Summary Judgment, not to exceed thirty-five (35) pages. 12 The Order remains in effect. 13 Last, to accommodate Plaintiffs’ counsel, the court grants 14 Plaintiffs’ request to continue the hearing on Defendant’s Motion 15 for Summary Judgment from May 21, 2012 to June 4, 2012 at 10:00 16 a.m. 17 In sum, the court DENIES Plaintiffs’ request to strike 18 Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, DENIES Plaintiffs’ request 19 to restore to calendar their Motions for Summary Judgment, and 20 GRANTS Plaintiffs’ request to continue the hearing on Defendant’s 21 Motion for Summary Judgment to June 4, 2012. 22 Magistrate Judge’s Order, Plaintiffs may also file an expanded 23 opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, not to 24 exceed thirty-five (35) pages. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. In accord with the 26 27 Dated: May 9, 2012 DEAN D. PREGERSON United States District Judge 28 2

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