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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 

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As the Order states: 1

The failure of one or more of the parties to

participate in the preparation of the Joint

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CITY OF RIO VISTA, ) 

) 2:05-cv-2556-GEB-DAD 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

ECO RESOURCES, INC., and ) CONFERENCE

STEVEN RICHARDSON, )

)

Defendants. )

)

The December 16, 2005, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference (“December 16 Order”) scheduled a status

conference in this case for March 20, 2006, and required the parties

to file a joint status report no later than fourteen days prior to the

scheduling conference. The December 16 Order further required that a

status report be filed regardless of whether a joint report could be

procured. No status report was filed. 1

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Status Report does not excuse the other

parties from their obligation to timely file

a status report in accordance with this

Order. In the event a party fails to

participate as ordered, the party timely

submitting the status report shall include a

declaration explaining why it was unable to

obtain the cooperation of the other party or

parties. 

December 16 Order at 2 n. 1.

The December 16 Order instructed Defendants, as the 2

removing parties, to “immediately following such removal, serve

upon each of the other parties named herein and upon all parties

subsequently joined, a copy of this order . . . .” December 16

Order at 2.

“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the 3

impact of sanction should be lodged. If the fault lies with the

clients, that is where the impact of the sanction should be

lodged.” Matter of Sanction of Baker, 744 F.2d 1438, 1442 (10th

Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1014 (1985). Sometimes the

faults of attorneys, and their consequences, are visited upon

clients. In re Hill, 775 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir. 1985).

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Defendants are Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no later than 

4:00 p.m. on March 27, 2006, why sanctions should not be imposed

against counsel and/or Defendants for the failure to file a timely

status report under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. This response shall also explain why counsel and/or

Defendants should not be sanctioned for failure to timely serve

Plaintiff with a copy of the December 16 Order, if Plaintiff was not

served with that Order in time for Plaintiff to file a status report.2

The written response must include the date on which service of the

December 16 Order was made and proof of that service. The written

response shall also state whether Defendants or counsel is at fault

and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC. If a hearing is 3

requested, it will be held on April 17, 2006, at 9:00 a.m., just prior

to the status conference, which is rescheduled to that date. 

In accordance with the requirements set forth in the

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December 16 Order, the parties shall file a joint status report no

later than April 3, 2006. If Plaintiff has not been served with a 

copy of the December 16 Order, Defendants shall serve them with a copy

immediately. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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