United States of America, Ex rel. Raju A.T. Dahlstrom et al v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington et al

Filing 51

ORDER re 48 50 Responses to Order to Show Cause; court cautions parties that further failure to adhere to the court's orders may result in sanctions. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. RAJU A.T. DAHLSTROM, et al., 12 ORDER Plaintiffs, v. 13 14 CASE NO. C16-0052JLR SAUK-SUIATTLE INDIAN TRIBE OF WASHINGTON, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The court reviewed the parties’ responses to the court’s July 12, 2017, order to show cause. (See Def. Resp. (Dkt. # 48); Plf. Resp. (Dkt. # 50); see also OSC (Dkt. # 45); 7/18/17 Order (Dkt. # 47) (directing the parties to respond to the order to show cause).) The court will not impose sanctions for the parties’ failure to abide by the court’s March 23, 2017, scheduling order and May 19, 2017, order granting the parties an extension of those deadlines. (See 3/23/17 Order (Dkt. # 40); 5/19/17 Order (Dkt. # 44).) ORDER - 1 1 The court cautions the parties, however, that further failure to adhere to the court’s orders 2 may result in sanctions, including but not limited to the dismissal of this lawsuit. Further, 3 if counsel is unable to adequately and timely represent a party to this litigation due to 4 ongoing personal circumstances, then counsel should consider associating with additional 5 lawyers to ensure the timely and adequate representation of all parties. 6 Dated this 25th day of July, 2017. 7 8 A 9 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ORDER - 2

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