Still v. Verizon Wireless

Filing 12

ORDER to Plaintiff and His Attorneys of Record to SHOW CAUSE Why Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed for Their Failure to Appear at the Status Conference re Consent / Scheduling Conference, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 6/22/2015. Show Cause Response due within 14 days. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL STILL,
Plaintiff.

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v.
VERIZON WIRELESS, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-00368 --- JLT
ORDER TO PLAINTIFF AND HIS ATTORNEYS
OF RECORD TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED FOR
THEIR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE STATUS
CONFERENCE RE CONSENT/SCHEDULING
CONFERENCE

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On March 9, 2015, the Court set the mandatory scheduling conference/status conference re:

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consent to occur on June 22, 2015. (Doc. 5) Notably, in its order setting the mandatory scheduling

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conference, the Court ordered, “Attendance at the Scheduling Conference is mandatory upon each

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party not represented by counsel or by retained counsel.” (Doc. 5 at 2, emphasis in the original).

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Nevertheless, Plaintiff and his attorneys failed to appear.

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ORDERS Plaintiff and his attorneys of record, Joseph S. Farzam and Nazo L. Kouloukian, to show

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cause in writing why sanctions should not be imposed for their failure to obey the Court’s order and

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appear at the status conference re: consent/mandatory scheduling conference.

Accordingly, within 14 days, the Court

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 22, 2015

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE