Brigitte Bogart v. RTW Retailwinds Acquisition LLC et al
Filing
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(IN CHAMBERS) AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANTS' ANSWER SHOULD NOT BE STRICKEN AND DEFAULT SHOULD NOT BE ENTERED by Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes. Defendants are ORDERED to respond by noon on January 30, 2025. The Court SETS a hearing regarding this Order to Show Cause for January 31, 2025 at 1 P.M. in person at Courtroom 2 on the 2nd floor of the United States District Court, 3470 12th Street, Riverside, California 92501. [SEE DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.]
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES—
GENERAL
Case No.
8:23-cv-01268-SSS-DFMx
Date January 27, 2025
Title Brigitte Bogart v. RTW Retailwinds Acquisition LLC et al
Present: The Honorable
SUNSHINE S. SYKES, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Irene Vazquez
Not Reported
Deputy Clerk
Court Reporter
Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s):
Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s):
None Present
None Present
Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
WHY DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER SHOULD NOT BE
STRICKEN AND DEFAULT SHOULD NOT BE ENTERED
This case is set for trial on February 24, 2025, with a Final Pretrial
Conference on January 31, 2025. [Dkt. 54 at 4]. Defendants have failed to file any
required pretrial documents in violation of this Court’s Civil Trial Order. [See Dkt.
54 at 5–12]. In a status report filed only by Plaintiff, she states Defendants have
“failed to participate in any way” in this litigation. [Dkt. 67]. The record in this
case similarly reflects Defendants failure to participate. [See Dkt. 59 (noting
Defendants failure to appear for a hearing regarding motions to compel); see Dkt.
56 (Ninth Circuit’s dismissal of appeal for Defendants’ failure to file an opening
brief)].
The Court ORDERS Defendants to show cause as to why Defendants’
Answer should not be stricken for failure to comply with this Court’s orders and
default should not be entered. [Dkt. 38]. VBConversions, LLC v. Gulf Coast
Ventures, Inc., No. CV 12-8265 JGB (AGRx), 2016 WL 11687659, at *2 (C.D.
Cal. Jan. 20, 2016) (“District courts have the inherent authority to strike an answer
and declare a default as a sanction for a party's failure to prosecute, contempt of a
court order, or abusive litigation practices.”). Defendants are ORDERED to
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respond by noon on January 30, 2025. The Court SETS a hearing regarding this
Order to Show Cause for January 31, 2025 at 1 P.M. in person at Courtroom 2 on
the 2nd floor of the United States District Court, 3470 12th Street, Riverside,
California 92501.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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