Adams v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. et al

Filing 44

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE. Show Cause Response due by 11/29/2016. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 11/23/2016. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/23/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JUNIS ADAMS,

Case No. 16-cv-04849-HSG

Plaintiff,
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE

v.
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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS,
INC., et al.,

Re: Dkt. No. 19

Defendants.
On September 9, 2016, the Court set a case management conference for this reassigned

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civil case. Dkt. No. 19. On November 22, 2016, the Court held the case management conference

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as scheduled. Thomas P. Quinn, Jr., counsel for Defendant Equifax Information Services, LLC

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(“Equifax”), failed to appear. Mr. Quinn was aware of the hearing: he signed the joint case

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management statement, see Dkt. No. 40 at 8, and filed a motion to appear by phone, see Dkt. No.

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41, which the Court granted, see Dkt. No. 42.

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As Equifax’s counsel, Mr. Quinn was required appear at the case management conference.

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See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(a) (empowering the Court to order counsel to appear at pretrial

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conferences); Civil L.R. 16-10(c) (requiring counsel to appear at case management conferences).

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“Failure by counsel . . . to comply with any duly promulgated local rule or any Federal Rule may

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be a ground for imposition of any authorized sanction.” Civil L.R. 1-4. Accordingly, the Court
ORDERS Mr. Quinn to show cause by November 29, 2016 why the Court should not sanction
him for failing to appear at the case management conference on behalf of his client, Equifax.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 11/23/2016
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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge