Bloxton v. White Cap Ready Mix, Inc.

Filing 26

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 3/8/2016 ORDERING the Status Pretrial Scheduling Conference is CONTINUED to 4/7/2016 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 25 (KJN) before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman; by no later than 3/2 4/2016, the parties shall show cause in writing why they should not each be sanctioned $200 for their failure to comply with the court's 2/2/2016 order; by no later than 3/24/2016, the parties shall file status reports addressing the topics set forth in the Court's 2/2/2016 Order. 24 (Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WADE BLOXTON,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:15-cv-1988-KJN

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

WHITE CAP READY MIX, INC., et al.,

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Defendants.

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On January 27, 2016, this action was reassigned to the undersigned for all further

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proceedings, including trial, based on the parties’ statements of consent to the jurisdiction of a

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United States Magistrate Judge. (ECF Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23.)1 At the time this action was

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reassigned, no Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Conference had occurred in this action, and no

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Scheduling Order was in place. Accordingly, on February 2, 2016, the undersigned issued an

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order setting a Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Conference in this matter for March 10, 2016. (ECF

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No. 24.) The parties were ordered to file status reports briefly describing this case and addressing

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several topics set forth in that order by no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the March 10,

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This action proceeds before the undersigned as a result of the parties’ voluntary consent to the
jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge (ECF Nos. 20, 21, 22). See 28 U.S.C. §
636(c)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 73; E.D. Cal. Local Rule 301.
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2016 hearing date, or February 25, 2016. (Id.) A review of the docket shows that none of the

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parties filed a status report by that date.2

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Conference currently scheduled for March 10, 2016,

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is CONTINUED to April 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.

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2. By no later than March 24, 2016, the parties shall show cause in writing why they

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should not each be sanctioned $200 for their failures to comply with the court’s

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February 2, 2016 order. The parties may file a joint written response to the order to

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show cause, if appropriate.

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3. By no later than March 24, 2016, the parties shall file status reports addressing the
topics set forth in the court’s February 2, 2016 order (ECF No. 24).

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4. Failure to comply with this order may result in increased monetary sanctions or any

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other appropriate sanctions.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 8, 2016

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To date, none of the parties have filed a status report as directed by the court’s February 2, 2016
order. Defendant/cross-complainant White Cap Ready Mix, Inc. filed a Rule 26 disclosure on
February 9, 2016. (ECF No. 25.) However, that filing cannot in any way be construed as a status
report in conformance with the court’s February 2, 2016 order.
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