Meyer v. Land Home Financial Services

Filing 8

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Court ORDERS that the case is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(F)(1) and 37(b)(2)(A)(v). Signed by District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright. (MW) (cc: Plaintiff via USPS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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CRYSTAL MEYER,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 3:23-cv-05406-TMC

v.

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT
PREJUDICE

LAND HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES,
Defendant.

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This matter comes before the Court on the October 17, 2023 Order to Show Cause.
Dkt. 7. The Court has considered the record and dismisses the case without prejudice.

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On June 26, 2023, the Court issued an Order Regarding Initial Disclosures, Joint Status

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Report, Discovery, Depositions, and Early Settlement. Dkt. 5. In that order, the Court directed

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that the parties file a Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan (“JSR”) by September 25, 2023,

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pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 16(a). Id. The Court directed

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that Plaintiff’s counsel would be responsible for starting the communications needed to comply

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with the order. Id.

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The parties did not file a JSR on September 25, 2023. Accordingly, on October 17, 2023,
the Court issued an Order to Show Cause that provided:

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 (f)(1) provides that the court, on motion or on its own,
may issue “any just orders including those authorized by Fed. R. Civ. P.
37(b)(2)(A)(ii)-(vii)” if a party “fails to obey a scheduling or other pretrial
order.” Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A)(v), the court may dismiss an
action or proceeding in whole or in part for failure to obey a court order. It
is Plaintiff’s responsibility to initiate communications needed to comply
with the court’s orders requiring a Combined Joint Status Report and
Discovery Plan, and they have not shown that they have done so.
Accordingly, Plaintiff should show cause, if any they have, why this case
should not be dismissed without prejudice under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f)(1)
and 37(b)(2)(A)(v) by November 7, 2023.

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Dkt. 7 at 2. The Court ordered that “Not later than November 7, 2023, Plaintiff shall show cause

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in writing, if any they have, why this case should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure

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to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and W. D. Wash. Local Civil Rule 16(a).” Id.

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The Plaintiff did not respond to the October 17, 2023 order. Therefore, the Court

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ORDERS that the case is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to comply with

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(F)(1) and 37(b)(2)(A)(v).

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Dated this 14th day of November, 2023.

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Tiffany M. Cartwright
United States District Court Judge

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