Watkins v. Investment Retrievers, Inc.

Filing 19

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 10/11/17 ORDERING that plaintiff's counsel is ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE by October 20, 2017 why counsel should not be sanctioned: (1) $250.00 for failing to appear personally on Octobe r 6, 2017; and (2) $250.00 for failing to meet and confer as required of counsel of record regarding the joint status report. The court defers the issuance of any orders to Mr. Mandabach or Ms. Drake pending receipt of Mr. Stieglitz's response to this order.(Becknal, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 REGINALD WATKINS, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:17-cv-01348-KJM-CKD v. ORDER INVESTMENT RETRIEVERS, INC., 15 Defendant. 16 A status conference and hearing on defendant’s motion to dismiss was set for 17 18 October 6, 2017. See Aug. 30, 2017 Minute Order, ECF No. 11. Plaintiff’s attorney of record, 19 Jonathan Aaron Stieglitz, did not appear. Instead, Carl Mandabach, who is not an attorney of 20 record in this matter and did not sign plaintiff’s opposition brief, appeared for plaintiff. 21 At the hearing, defendant’s counsel explained Mr. Stieglitz has referred 22 communications regarding this matter to Rachel Drake of RC Law Group. Further, RC Law 23 Group, not Mr. Stieglitz, participated in the parties’ meet and confer discussions and joint status 24 report. No attorney from RC Law Group, including Ms. Drake, is an attorney of record in this 25 matter. 26 Local Rule 182(a)(1) permits only an attorney of record to participate in an action. 27 Accordingly, plaintiff’s counsel is ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE by October 20, 2017 why 28 counsel should not be sanctioned: (1) $250.00 for failing to appear personally on October 6, 2017; 1 1 and (2) $250.00 for failing to meet and confer as required of counsel of record regarding the joint 2 status report. 3 4 5 6 The court defers the issuance of any orders to Mr. Mandabach or Ms. Drake pending receipt of Mr. Stieglitz’s response to this order. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: October 11, 2017. 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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