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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSE A. DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC 

CEMETERY AND MAUSOLEUM; 

DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO; ROMAN 

CATHOLIC BISHOP OF 

SACRAMENTO; DAVID FLORES, and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-01083-GEB-DAD

ORDER CONTINUING STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE

Plaintiff states in the Second Amended Joint Status 

Report filed October 14, 2013: 

Given that [Defendant] Flores has yet to file 

an Answer or otherwise appear in this matter, 

he is very likely without counsel and, by 

default, in pro per. In light of this, 

Plaintiff is allowing him more time to 

consider the consequences of failing to 

appear and for him to obtain counsel and/or 

file an Answer.

(Second Am. Joint Status Report 2:10-15, ECF No. 18.)

This statement fails to satisfy Plaintiff’s obligation 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 to provide meaningful 

information concerning how he intends to prosecute this action as 

to Defendant Flores. For example, Plaintiff does not indicate how 

much “more time” Plaintiff desires to permit Defendant Flores to 

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answer or if the action should be scheduled in Defendant Flores’ 

absence. Such information is necessary for the Court to properly 

schedule the action. 

Therefore, if Defendant Flores has not appeared in this 

action by November 29, 2013, Plaintiff shall take the steps 

necessary to prosecute this action as a default matter against 

him. No later than December 16, 2013, Plaintiff shall either file 

whatever documents are required to prosecute this case as a 

default matter as to Defendant Flores or show cause in a filing

why Defendant Flores should not be dismissed for failure of 

prosecution. Defendant Flores may be dismissed with prejudice 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) if Plaintiff fails to 

timely respond to this Order. 

Further, the status conference scheduled for hearing on 

October 28, 2013, is continued to commence at 9:00 a.m. on 

January 21, 2014. A joint status report shall be filed fourteen 

(14) days prior to the status conference in which Plaintiff is

required to explain the status of action as to Defendant Flores, 

and whether the action should be scheduled. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 22, 2013

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