ORDER

DEBORAH BARNES, Magistrate Judge.

On June 22, 2018, defendant Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, filed a motion for a protective order. (ECF No. 12.) Defendant's motion is noticed for hearing before the undersigned on August 3, 2018. Defendant's motion consists of essentially a ten-page memorandum in support and 50+ pages of declaration and exhibits. On July 20, 2018, plaintiff filed an opposition. (ECF No. 13.) On July 27, 2018, the parties filed a joint statement re discovery disagreement and defendant filed a reply to plaintiff's opposition. (ECF Nos. 14 & 15.)

However, Local Rule 251(a) provides that a motion for a protective order may be heard by filing a notice of motion and motion scheduling the hearing date. Local Rule 251(c) provides that, if after filing notice of the motion and continued meet and confer efforts the moving party is still dissatisfied, the parties shall draft and file a "Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement." "All arguments and briefing that would otherwise be included in a memorandum of points and authorities supporting or opposing the motion shall be included in this joint statement, and no separate briefing shall be filed."1

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The August 3, 2018 hearing of defendant's motion for a protective order (ECF No. 12) is continued to Friday, August 31, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., at the United States District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California, in Courtroom No. 27, before the undersigned; and

2. On or before August 24, 2018, the parties shall file a joint statement that complies with the Local Rules and the undersigned's Standard Information.2