Guerrero v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 14

ORDER REQUIRING COUNSEL KELSEY MACKENZIE BROWN TO APPEAR ON JULY 19, 2016 AND SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO COURT ORDER. Accordingly, counsel Kelsey Mackenzie Brown is HEREBY ORDERED to appear on July 19, 2016, a t 3:30 p.m., in Courtroom 9 to SHOW CAUSE why sanctions should not issue for the failure to comply with the June 17, 2016 order. Failure to comply with this order to show cause will result in the issuance of sanctions in this action. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 6/30/2016. (Hernandez, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CLAUDIA GUERRERO,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00573-SAB
ORDER REQUIRING COUNSEL KELSEY
MACKENZIE BROWN TO APPEAR ON
JULY 19, 2016 AND SHOW CAUSE WHY
SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE FOR
FAILURE TO RESPOND TO COURT
ORDER

v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY.
Defendant.

(ECF No. 12)
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On June 7, 2016, this Court issued an order requiring Plaintiff to show cause why this
action should not be dismissed for failure to comply with a court order. (ECF No. 9.) On June
17, 2016, an order issued discharging the order to show cause, explaining the procedures in the
Eastern District of California, and requiring Plaintiff’s counsel to respond within seven days to
inform the Court that counsel understood and would comply with this Court’s scheduling orders
issued in Social Security cases. (ECF No. 12.) More than seven days have passed and Plaintiff’s
counsel has not responded to the June 17, 2016 order.
Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these
Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all
sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to
control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate,

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1 including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir.
2 2000).
The Court shall require Plaintiff’s counsel, Kelsey Mackenzie Brown to appear to show

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4 cause why sanctions should not issue for the failure to comply with this Court’s order. Counsel
5 may appear telephonically at the hearing by contacting Courtroom Deputy Mamie Hernandez at
6 least 24 hours prior to the hearing who will provide counsel with the toll-free teleconference
7 number of [phone] and the teleconference code for call.
Accordingly, counsel Kelsey Mackenzie Brown is HEREBY ORDERED to appear on

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9 July 19, 2016, at 3:30 p.m., in Courtroom 9 to SHOW CAUSE why sanctions should not issue
10 for the failure to comply with the June 17, 2016 order. Failure to comply with this order to show
11 cause will result in the issuance of sanctions in this action.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

14 Dated:

June 30, 2016
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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