Johnson v. Khan, et al

Filing 20

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/7/15 ORDERING that Defendants shall show cause, in writing, on or before 5/27/15, why sanctions should not be imposed for their failure to appear at the 5/6/15 hearing. Failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that defendants' answer be stricken and their default entered. (Meuleman, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SCOTT JOHNSON,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-1823-TLN-EFB

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

SALEEM A. KHAN, et al.,

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Defendants.

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On April 8, 2015, plaintiff filed a Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement. ECF No.

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15. Since plaintiff failed to notice the matter for hearing as required by Local Rule 251, the court

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ordered the matter set for hearing on May 6, 2015. At the hearing attorney Amanda Lockhart

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appeared on behalf of plaintiff; defendants failed to appear.

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Local Rule 230(i) provides that “[a]bsent notice of intent to submit the matter on the

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briefs, failure to appear [at the hearing] may be deemed withdrawal of the motion or of opposition

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to the motion, in the discretion of the Court, or may result in the imposition of sanctions.” Failure

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to comply with the court’s Local Rules or the orders of this court “may be grounds for imposition

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by the Court of any and all sanctions authorized by statute or Rule or within the inherent power of

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the Court.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 110. Therefore, defendants are ordered to show cause why sanctions

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should not be imposed for their failure to appear at the May 6, 2015 hearing.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

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1. Defendants shall show cause, in writing, on or before May 27, 2015, why sanctions

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should not be imposed for their failure to appear at the May 6, 2015 hearing.
2. Failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that defendants’

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answer be stricken and their default entered.

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DATED: May 7, 2015.

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