`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL
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`Date: March 8, 2024
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`Case No. CV 20-7872 GW (PVCx)
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`Nantworks LLC v. Bank of America Corp
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`Present: The Honorable Pedro V. Castillo, United States Magistrate Judge
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`Marlene Ramirez
`Deputy Clerk
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`Attorneys Present for Plaintiff:
`None
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`Court Reporter / Recorder
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`Attorneys Present for Defendant:
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`PROCEEDINGS: [IN CHAMBERS] ORDER DENYING WITHOUT
`PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE
`PORTIONS OF THE EXPERT REPORT OF DR.
`NATHANIEL POLISH (DKT. NO. 294)
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`On March 7, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Motion To Strike Portions of the Expert Report
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`of Dr. Nathaniel Polish and set it for hearing on April 11, 2024, before District Judge Wu.
`(“Motion,” Dkt. No. 294).1 The Motion has been referred to the undersigned Magistrate
`Judge. (See Dkt. No. 8) (“District judges in the Central District of California refer all
`discovery-related motions to the assigned magistrate judge pursuant to General Order No.
`05-07. Discovery-related motions should be noticed for hearing before the assigned
`magistrate judge.”).
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`The Motion fails to comply with the Local Rules, which require all discovery
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`motions to be filed in the form of a Joint Stipulation. L.R. 37. “The Court will not
`consider any discovery motion in the absence of a joint stipulation or a declaration from
`counsel for the moving party establishing that opposing counsel (a) failed to confer in a
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`1 Plaintiff also filed an Application to file certain documents under seal (“Application,”
`Dkt. No. 295), along with a Sealed Declaration of Brice C. Lynch in support of the
`Application) and attached sealed exhibits (Dkt. No. 296).
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL
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`Date: March 8, 2024
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`Case No. CV 20-7872 GW (PVCx)
`Title
`Nantworks LLC v. Bank of America Corp
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`timely manner under L.R. 37-1; (b) failed to provide the opposing party’s portion of the
`joint stipulation in a timely manner under L.R. 37-2.2; or (c) refused to sign and return
`the joint stipulation after the opposing party’s portion was added.” L.R. 37-2.4.
`Plaintiff’s counsel does not assert that opposing counsel failed to participate in the Local
`Rule 37 procedures.
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`Plaintiff’s Motion To Strike Portions of the Expert Report of Dr. Nathaniel Polish
`(Dkt. No. 294) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The April 11, 2024, hearing is
`VACATED. The Application to file certain documents under seal (Dkt. No. 295) is
`DENIED AS MOOT. The Clerk is ordered to strike the Sealed Declaration (Dkt. No.
`296) from the docket.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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