Turk v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 10

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 8/31/17: Plaintiff's counsel is sanctioned $250.00, made payable to the Clerk of Court, for failure to comply with this court's order. Plaintiff shall file his Consent Form within seven (7) days of this order.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RODERICK TURK,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-00767 AC

v.

ORDER

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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On August 16, 2017, the court notified plaintiff that he had missed the deadline to

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complete and return his Consent to Assignment or Request for Reassignment (“Consent Form”),

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and ordered plaintiff to submit the form within 7 days or risk sanctions. ECF No. 9. That

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deadline has passed, and plaintiff has made no responsive filing. The court finds sanctions

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appropriate in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 and Local Rule 110 (“Failure of counsel or of a

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party to comply with . . . any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of

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any and all sanctions authorized by statute or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court.”).
It is therefore ORDERED that plaintiff’s counsel is sanctioned $250.00, made payable to

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the Clerk of Court, for failure to comply with this court’s order. This amount is to be paid by

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plaintiff’s counsel personally, and may not be charged to plaintiff.

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It is further ORDERED that plaintiff shall file his Consent Form within seven (7) days of

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this order. Failure to timely comply will result in further sanctions.

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DATED: August 31, 2017

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