Ramos v. Williams Unified School District

Filing 14

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 8/14/17 ORDERING that the hearing on plaintiff's motion to compel (ECF No. 9 ) is continued to 8/16/17; and Defendant's counsel shall be prepared to address his declaration, as well as whether sanctions should be imposed for his failure to appear at the 8/9/17 hearing. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ARMANDO RAMOS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-1941-JAM-EFB

v.

ORDER

WILLIAMS UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT, and DOES 1 through 10,
inclusive,

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Defendant.

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This case was before the court on August 9, 2017, for hearing on plaintiff’s motion to

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compel production of documents. ECF No. 9. Attorney Jill Telfer appeared on behalf of

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plaintiff; defendant failed to appear.
In light of defendant’s failure to appear, the court ordered the hearing on plaintiff’s motion

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continued to August 16, 2017, and notified Ms. Telfer that defendant’s counsel would be ordered

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to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to appear. See E.D. Cal. L.R.

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230(i) (“Absent notice of intent to submit the matter on the briefs, failure to appear [at the

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hearing] . . . may result in the imposition of sanctions.”); E.D. Cal. L.R. 110 (failure to comply

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with the court’s Local Rules or court orders “may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any

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and all sanctions authorized by statute or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court.”).

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Before a written order to show cause issued, defendant’s counsel filed a declaration

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explaining his failure to appear at the hearing. That declaration will be addressed at August 16,

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2017 hearing on plaintiff’s motion to compel.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

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1. The hearing on plaintiff’s motion to compel (ECF No. 9) is continued to August 16,

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2017; and
2. Defendant’s counsel shall be prepared to address his declaration, as well as whether

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sanctions should be imposed for his failure to appear at the August 9, 2017 hearing.

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DATED: August 14, 2017.

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