Ryland v. St. Louis Children's Hospital

Filing 18

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that on or before June 10, 2013, the parties shall show cause, in writing, as to why this Court should not impose monetary sanctions against the parties and/or counsel for their failure to comply with t he Court's order referring the case to alternative dispute resolution. The parties may file their written responses jointly or separately. The parties' failure to respond to the Court's order to show cause will result in the imposition of monetary sanctions against counsel. Show Cause Response due by 6/10/2013. Signed by District Judge Charles A. Shaw on 6/3/203. (NCL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
DOUGLAS RYLAND,
Plaintiff,
v.
ST. LOUIS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL,
Defendant.

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No. 4:12-CV-1008 CAS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
This matter was originally referred to Alternative Dispute Resolution by Order dated
February 4, 2013. The referral was extended on several occasions on motion of the parties. On
March 27, 2013, lead counsel, Jill A. Silverstein, filed a Designation of Neutral form, in which she
represented that the parties had selected Ronald G. Weisenthal as a neutral, and that a mediation
conference would take place on May 2, 2013. On May 22, 2013, Mr. Wiesenthal filed with the
Court his ADR Compliance Report, in which he stated that although this case was referred to ADR,
a conference was not held. It appears from the record that the parties have failed to comply with the
Court’s Order Referring Case to Alternative Dispute Resolution, in that the parties did not attend
mediation as ordered by the Court. Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that on or before June 10, 2013, the parties shall show cause,
in writing, as to why this Court should not impose monetary sanctions against the parties and/or
counsel for their failure to comply with the Court’s order referring the case to alternative dispute
resolution. The parties may file their written responses jointly or separately. The parties’ failure
to respond to the Court’s order to show cause will result in the imposition of monetary
sanctions against counsel.

CHARLES A. SHAW
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this

3rd

day of June, 2013.