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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Janice Jean Smith, 

Plaintiff, 

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Northern Arizona Healthcare and Flagstaff

Medical Center, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 06-2101-PCT-JAT

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Rules 16 and

37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff has failed to respond. Plaintiff was

previously warned by this Court in relation to an earlier motion that failure to timely respond

can result in dismissal. See Doc. # 23. Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7.2(i), the

Court deems Plaintiff's failure to respond in this instance consent to the granting of the

motion and will therefore dismiss this action.

Alternatively, the Court dismisses this action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 41(b) for Plaintiff's failure to comply with court orders and failure to prosecute.

On January 24, 2008, the Court set the Final Pretrial Conference in this case and ordered the

parties, among other things, to "meet in person and exchange marked copies of all exhibits

to be used at trial" by February 18, 2008 and to prepare and lodge a Joint Proposed Final

Pretrial Order by March 3, 2008. Despite repeated efforts beginning on January 28, 2008,

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Defendants have been unable to contact Plaintiff to arrange compliance with this order

because Plaintiff's address and telephone number on file with the Court are no longer current.

Neither Defendants nor the Court has been able to determine Plaintiff's whereabouts.

This is not the first time Plaintiff has failed to comply with a court order in this case.

On January 1, 2007, the Court ordered the parties to meet and develop a Joint Case

Management Plan to be filed not less than seven business days before the Rule 16 Scheduling

Conference. Plaintiff failed to comply with this order, forcing Defendants to submit its own

separate plan. At the scheduling conference, on February 26, 2007, the Court warned

Plaintiff that it was her responsibility to prosecute this case.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that, for the reasons stated above, and without prejudice to the

merits of Defendants' motion, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 33) is GRANTED.

The Clerk of the Court shall dismiss this case and enter judgment accordingly;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED vacating the Final Pretrial Conference scheduled for

April 14, 2008.

DATED this 12th day of March, 2008.

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