Lovett v. Skyway Machine Inc.

Filing 26

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 4/5/17 ORDERING the trial currently set for May 22, 2017 is VACATED. The Parties are hereby ordered to meet and confer and to file a Joint Status Report with this Court within thirty (30) days of the entry of this order notifying the Court as to the status of this action. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RAZI WAIN LOVETT,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:12-cv-02163-TLN-CMK

v.

ORDER VACATING TRIAL DATE AND
ORDERING JOINT STATUS REPORT

SKYWAY MACHINE, INC. and DOES 150, inclusive,
Defendants.

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This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motion to vacate the trial date in this action.

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This matter is currently set for trial on May 22, 2017. (ECF No. 20.)
During the Final Pretrial Conference Hearing on March 23, 2017, Plaintiff’s counsel

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informed the Court that he had not been able to communicate with Plaintiff and planned to take

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additional steps to do so that weekend. (ECF No. 25 at 1.) The Court ordered Plaintiff’s counsel

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to contact the Court by March 27, 2017, and update the Court on the results of counsel’s efforts to

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locate his client. (ECF No. 24 at 1.) On that date, Plaintiff’s counsel informed the Court of the

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steps he took and reported that he had not been able to locate his client. (ECF No. 24 at 1.)

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Plaintiff’s counsel then filed a motion to vacate the trial date in this action. (ECF No. 24.)

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The Court hereby VACATES the trial currently set for May 22, 2017. The Parties are

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hereby ordered to meet and confer and to file a Joint Status Report with this Court within thirty

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(30) days of the entry of this order notifying the Court as to the status of this action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 5, 2017

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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