Reidl v. Braithwaite

Filing 8

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: The Court ORDERS the parties to show cause why this action should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with the Court's orders directing the parties to file a Joint Status Report. The parties' response is due by April 14, 2021. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (LH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KATIE REIDL,

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NO. 3:20-CV-6160-BJR
Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE
SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

KENNETH J. BRAITHWAITE, Secretary of
the Navy,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff filed this case on November 29, 2020. On December 21, 2020, the Court issued

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an order that required the parties to file a Combined Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan as

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required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and Local Civil Rule 26(f) (hereinafter “Joint

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Status Report”) by February 1, 2021. The parties failed to comply with this order.

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The Court then issued a minute order on February 9, 2021, that noted the parties’ failure

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to comply with the order. The Court extended the time to file the Joint Status Report to March

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15, 2021. The minute order indicated that “If the report is not filed by that time, sanctions may

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be ordered. Sanctions may include dismissal of the action without prejudice.” The parties again

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have failed to comply with this extended deadline.
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Therefore, the Court ORDERS the parties to show cause why this action should not be
dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with the Court’s orders directing the parties to
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file a Joint Status Report. The parties’ response is due by April 14, 2021. The parties may
satisfy the Order to Show Cause by filing the Joint Status Report by that date.

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Dated this 31st day of March, 2021.

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Barbara Jacobs Rothstein
U.S. District Court Judge

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