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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSICA LOPEZ, )

) 2:07-CV-1667-GEB-GGH 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

ROSEMARY MELVILLE, District ) CONFERENCE

Director, San Francisco District, )

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration )

Services; SUSAN CURDA, District )

Director, Sacramento District, )

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration )

Services; EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, )

Director, Bureau of Citizenship )

and Immigration Services, U.S. )

Dept. of Homeland Security; )

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary )

of Homeland Security; ALBERTO )

GONZALEZ, U.S. Attorney General; )

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III, Director )

of the Federal Bureau of )

Investigation, )

)

Defendants. )

)

A November 8, 2007 minute order scheduled a Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference for January 22, 2008, and required the parties

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

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1 Plaintiff states in her status report that “Defendants’

counsel could not be reached in order to submit a joint status

report.”

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

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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status conference. Only Plaintiff has filed a status report.1

Therefore, Defendants are Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) in a

writing to be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on January 28, 2008, why

sanctions should not be imposed against them and/or their counsel

under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for their

failure to file a timely status report. 

The written response(s) shall also state whether Defendants

or their counsel are at fault, and whether a hearing is requested on

the OSC.2 If a hearing is requested, it will be held on March 3,

2008, 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 Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

filed August 15, 2007, a status report shall be filed no later than

fourteen days prior to the rescheduled status conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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