Mayflower Transit, LLC v. Robert Hampton et al

Filing 24

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT'S ORDER by Judge John F. Walter. Defendant, Mindy Hampton, is ordered to show cause in writing by November 8, 2017 why the Court should not impose san ctions in the amount of $1,500.00 against her counsel or why the Court should not strike her Answer and enter default judgment for violating of the Court's CMO. No oral argument on this matter will be heard unless otherwise ordered by th e Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15. The Order to Show Cause will stand submitted upon the filing of the response to the Order to Show Cause. Failure to respond to the Order to Show Cause will result in the imposition of sanctions and entry of default judgment against Defendant Mindy Hampton. IT IS SO ORDERED. (jloz)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL
Case No.

CV 17-2568-JFW(JEMx)

Title:

Mayflower Transit, LLC -v- Robert Hampton, et al.

Date: November 6, 2017

PRESENT:
HONORABLE JOHN F. WALTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Shannon Reilly
Courtroom Deputy

None Present
Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFFS:
None
PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS):

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANTS:
None

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD
NOT BE IMPOSED FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
THE COURT’S ORDER

In the Court’s Scheduling and Case Management Order (“CMO”), the Court set November
6, 2017 as the last day to conduct a Settlement Conference, and November 9, 2017 as the last day
to file a Joint Report Re: Results of Settlement Conference. Based on the Declaration of Gregg S.
Garfinkel re: Status of Court-Ordered Private Mediation, filed November 3, 2017 [Docket No. 23],
Defendant, Mindy Hampton, has violated the Court's CMO by refusing to complete the Settlement
Conference by the Court ordered deadline of November 6, 2017.
Accordingly, Defendant, Mindy Hampton, is ordered to show cause in writing by November
8, 2017 why the Court should not impose sanctions in the amount of $1,500.00 against her counsel
or why the Court should not strike her Answer and enter default judgment for violating of the
Court’s CMO. No oral argument on this matter will be heard unless otherwise ordered by the
Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15. The Order to Show Cause will stand submitted
upon the filing of the response to the Order to Show Cause. Failure to respond to the Order to
Show Cause will result in the imposition of sanctions and entry of default judgment against
Defendant Mindy Hampton.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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