Willis v. Enterprise Drilling Fluids, Inc. et al

Filing 88

***WITHDRAWN per Order 89 *** ORDER to SHOW CAUSE Why Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed for the Parties' Failure to Comply with the Local Rules; ORDER CONTINUING the Pretrial Conference to November 30, 2017, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 11/1/2017. Show Cause Response due by 11/22/2017. Pretrial Conference set for 11/3/2017 is CONTINUED to 11/30/2017 at 01:30 PM in Bakersfield, 510 19th Street before Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. (Hall, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KENNETH WILLIS, Plaintiff, 12 13 v. 14 ENTERPRISE DRILLING FLUIDS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 1:15-cv-0688 - JLT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED FOR THE PARTIES’ FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE LOCAL RULES ORDER CONTINUING THE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE TO NOVEMBER 30, 2017 Previously, the Court held a further scheduling conference with the parties, and set a pretrial 18 conference for November 3, 2017. (Doc. 83 at 1) Pursuant to Local Rule 281, the parties were to file a 19 pretrial statement at least seven days before the date of the conference. See Local Rule 281(a). To 20 date, no pretrial statements have been filed. 21 The Local Rules, corresponding with Fed. R. Civ. P. 11, provide: “Failure of counsel or of a 22 party to comply with the[] Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by 23 the Court of any and all sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” Local Rule 110. 24 “District courts have inherent power to control their dockets,” and in exercising that power, a court 25 may impose sanctions including dismissal of an action. Thompson v. Housing Authority of Los 26 Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may impose sanctions, including dismissal, for 27 failure to prosecute an action or failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with local rules. 28 See, e.g. Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (imposing sanctions for failure to 1 1 prosecute and to comply with local rules); Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) 2 (sanctions for failure to comply with an order). 3 Accordingly, the Court ORDERS: 4 1. The parties SHALL show cause in writing no later than November 22, 2017 why 5 sanctions should not be imposed for their failure to comply with the Local Rules or, in 6 the alternative, file a joint pretrial statement pursuant to Local Rule 281(a)(2) no later 7 than November 22, 2017; and 8 2. The pre-trial conference is CONTINUED to November 30, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. 9 10 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 1, 2017 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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