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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 28:1352 Miller Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the )

Use and Benefits of NRA )

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a )

California Corporation, ) 

) 2:06-cv-0434-GEB-GGH

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER CONTINUING STATUS

v. ) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

) CONFERENCE

EAI INTERNATIONAL, a California )

corporation, and JAMES E. ZOURCHA, )

an individual surety, )

)

Defendants. )

)

Plaintiff’s Status Report filed May 22, 2006, states that

“Defendants were served in this case in April and have not yet

appeared . . . .” (Pl.’s Status Report at 1.) Nevertheless,

Plaintiff’s Status Report indicates that this action may be fully

scheduled. Plaintiff has not shown that the schedule it proposes

should be adopted because Plaintiff has not demonstrated that it is

authorized to litigate this action other than by way of default

proceedings. Plaintiff’s Status Report is devoid of any discussion of

default proceedings, except for the statement that “Plaintiff only

anticipates filing a motion to enter default if the complaint is not

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answered shortly . . . .” (Id. at 2.) Since Plaintiff has not shown

that it may litigate this action apart from compliance with default

procedures, the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference set for 

June 5, 2006, is rescheduled for September 25, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. 

Plaintiff shall file a further status report no later than 

September 11, 2006, in which it explains why this action should not be

dismissed for its failure to litigate using default procedures or, in

the alternative, how and when Plaintiff will litigate default

proceedings. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 25, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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