C.D. Cal. L.R. 37-1

Before filing any motion

relating to discovery under F.Rs.Civ.P. 26-37, counsel for the parties must

confer in a good-faith effort to eliminate the necessity for hearing the motion

or to eliminate as many of the disputes as possible. It is the responsibility of

counsel for the moving party to arrange for this conference. If both counsel

are located in the same county, the conference must take place in person at

the office of the moving party’s counsel unless the parties agree to meet

someplace else. If both counsel are not located in the same county, the

conference may take place telephonically. Unless relieved by written order

of the Court upon good cause shown, counsel for the opposing party must

confer with counsel for the moving party within ten days after the moving

party serves a letter requesting such conference. The moving party’s letter

must identify each issue and/or discovery request in dispute, state briefly as

to each such issue/request the moving party’s position (and provide any legal

authority the moving party believes is dispositive of the dispute as to that

issue/request), and specify the terms of the discovery order to be sought.