Garcia, et al. v. County of Fresno, et al.

Filing 77

ORDER that Plaintiff's Counsel shall File a STATUS REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE but no later than 1:00 pm on May 18, 2011 signed by Chief Judge Anthony W. Ishii on 5/11/2011. (Sant Agata, S)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Plaintiff,
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BERTHA GONZALEZ, et al.,
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Defendants.
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SARAH GARCIA, a minor by and
through here guardian ad litem
CHARLENE RODRIGUEZ,

1:06-CV-940 AWI GSA
ORDER FOR STATUS RE

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On March 7, 2011, the Court adopted a Findings and Recommendation that approved a

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settlement for minor Plaintiff Sarah Garcia. See Court’s Docket Doc. No. 76. As part of the

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order adopting, the Court ordered that: “Petitioner shall have sixty (60) days to submit proof of

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funding the annuity to the Court.” Id. More than sixty days have passed, yet the Court has heard

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nothing from Plaintiff’s counsel.

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Plaintiff’s counsel will be ordered to provide a status report to the Court. As part of the

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status report, counsel shall: (1) inform the Court whether the annuity has been funded, (2) the

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reason for any failure to fund the annuity along with an estimate of when the annuity will be

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funded, (3) any reason that may exist for Plaintiff’s failure to inform the Court of funding if the

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annuity has been funded, and (4) if the annuity has been funded, whether there is any reason to

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keep this case open. This case has been pending since 2006. The Court’s docket is significantly

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impacted. Failure to follow orders, or keeping cases open that have in fact reached completion,

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only serves to exacerbate problems. The Court expects its orders to be followed, and expects

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attorneys to inform it of developments that affect its orders.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s counsel shall file a status report

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as outlined above AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, but in no event later than 1:00 p.m. on May 18,

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2011.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:
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May 11, 2011
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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