Judge Guzman is generally allowing all discovery deadlines to be extended 77 days pursuant to the directives in the General Orders. If, however, a discovery deadline has been set or adjusted after entry of the Third Amended General Order on April 24, 2020, those deadlines will stand as ordered.
SPECIAL NOTICE:
The parties are directed NOT to file the status report provided for in Paragraph 5 of the Third Amended General Order 20-0012 (April 2020). On review of specific cases, Judge Guzman may order the parties to file a status report and will issue an order so indicating.
Until further notice, litigants are not required to notice motions for presentment before Judge Guzman. Motions shall be filed on the docket, and within 7 days, the Court will issue an order either ruling on the motion or setting it for further briefing. Dispositive motions likely will receive a briefing schedule. With respect to any non-dispositive motions, if the non-moving party wishes to file a short position statement on the motion (i.e., indicating that it does not oppose the motion or requesting briefing), it may do so within 5 days of the motion being filed. It would be helpful to the Court for a moving party to confer with opposing counsel in advance of filing a motion in order to indicate in the introduction to the motion whether it is agreed or expected to be opposed.
Counsel may not participate by telephone unless previously authorized by the Court to do so.
All electronic filings must still include a paper courtesy copy to Judge Guzman's Courtroom Deputy - Room 1802C.
All courtesy copies must be single sided.
