Case Number: 14K03346    Hearing Date: September 08, 2014    Dept: 77

TENTATIVE RULING:

The Court expects parties to comply with discovery provisions of the Code without the need for Court intervention. Based on the Court’s review of the papers, the issues presented in this petition should have been resolved by the parties with guidance from the Administrative Law Judge handling the underlying matter–without this court’s intervention.

As such, the petition is continued to November 14, 2014, at 1:30 p.m.

Karen Tynan and Melissa Peters are ordered to meet and confer face-to-face or by telephone on or before October 10, 2014, in good faith to resolve the issues presented in this petition. The Court strongly encourages counsel to informally resolve the petition; counsel on both sides have good reasons to do so. If the petition is fully resolved it is to be promptly taken off-calendar by the moving party via email to the court clerk at smcdept77@lasuperiorcourt.org. If the meet and confer does not resolve the motion in its entirety, on or before 12:00 p.m. 14 court days prior to the continued hearing date, counsel are each to serve in this department detailed declarations which state: (1) which issues remain unresolved notwithstanding the Court-ordered meet and confer; (2) why each issue remains unresolved; and (3) why counsel cannot informally resolve these issues without need for court intervention.

Karen Tynan and Melissa Peters are each ordered to personally appear at the continued hearing on the petition (i.e., pursuant to CRC 3.670(e)(2) no telephonic appearance will be permitted) to meet and confer in the courthouse to fully resolve their discovery differences; they should bring with them whatever materials are needed to make this court-ordered meet and confer session productive and entirely successful. They are to be prepared to spend whatever time is necessary after the matter is first called to informally resolve the subject petition. Counsel need not appear if the petition is taken off-calendar by email to the court clerk by the moving party at least 9 court days prior to the continued hearing date.

Moving party to give notice.