Phoenix v. Alliance Maintenance Solutions

Filing 12

ORDER signed by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 9/15/2015 ORDERING that Plaintiff's counsel is sanctioned in the amount of $250.00, payable to the court within seven days. Counsel shall not pass this cost on to his client. (Zignago, K.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DAVID PHOENIX,

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No. 2:15-CV-00682-KJM-CKD

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

ALLIANCE MAINTENANCE
SOLUTIONS,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff commenced this action on March 26, 2015. (ECF No. 1.) The court held

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a status conference on July 30, 2015. (ECF No. 8.) Plaintiff’s counsel did not appear at the status

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conference. (Id.) Consequently, on August 5, 2015, the court issued an order to show cause

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(OSC) within fourteen days to plaintiff’s counsel, Peter F. Samuel, why he should not be

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sanctioned in the amount of $250.00 for failing to appear. (ECF No. 10.) As of the date of this

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order and more than one month later, plaintiff’s counsel has failed to respond to the court’s OSC.

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Accordingly, the court sanctions plaintiff’s counsel in the amount of $250.00.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: Plaintiff’s counsel is sanctioned in the

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amount of $250.00, payable to the court within seven days. Counsel shall not pass this cost on to

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his client.

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DATED: September 15, 2015.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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