Johnson v. Patel

Filing 30

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE (Show Cause Response due by 9/6/2016) signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 8/29/16: The parties, having failed to timely comply with the district judge's order requiring them to submit settlement conference statements to the undersigned, are ordered to show cause w/i 7 days why sanctions should not be imposed. The Settlement Conference set for 9/1/16 is vacated and will be reset after receipt of the parties' responses. (Hinkle, T)

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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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No. 2:14-cv-2052-KJM-DB

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS

MIKE PATEL, et al.,
Defendants.

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By an order filed May 3, 2016, the district judge referred the above-entitled action to the

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undersigned to conduct a settlement conference on September 1, 2016. That order directed the

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parties to submit confidential settlement conference statements via e-mail to chambers seven (7)

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days prior to the settlement conference. To date, neither party has timely submitted a settlement

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conference statement nor informed the court that the case has settled and requested that the

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settlement conference be vacated.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that counsel for the parties shall SHOW CAUSE in

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writing within seven (7) days why they should not be sanctioned for their failure to comply with

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the district judge’s May 3, 2016 order. The Settlement Conference currently set for September 1,

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2016, is vacated and will be reset, as appropriate, after receipt of the parties’ responses.

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DATED: August 29, 2016.

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