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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY DIBBERN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, ET AL.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00723-CDB

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE AND GRANTING 

EXTENSION OF TIME NUNC PRO TUNC

TO FILE JOINT SCHEDULING REPORT

(ECF Nos. 3, 15 - 18)

On June 14, 2022, Plaintiff Jeffrey Dibbern filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 

1983 seeking damages for Defendants’ alleged excessive use of force, denial of medical care, 

municipal liability, conspiracy to violate civil rights and related state law causes of action. (ECF 

No. 1). On June 15, 2022, the Court entered an order setting a scheduling conference on October 

18, 2022, and requiring that the parties, among other things, file a “Joint Scheduling Report” at 

least “one (1) full week prior to the Scheduling Conference.” (ECF No. 3 at p.2). Neither party 

requested a continuance of the scheduling conference set for October 18, 2022.

On October 11, 2022, Defendants filed a scheduling report in which they represented they 

“attempted to meet and confer with counsel for Plaintiffs to prepare a joint report; however, 

counsel for Plaintiff is currently in trial and was not available to provide Plaintiff’s portions prior 

to the close of business” on the date of the filing. (ECF No. 14 at p.1). The following day (October 

12, 2022), the Court ordered Plaintiff by 5:00pm that day to comply with his obligation to confer 

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with Defendants and file a scheduling report. (ECF No. 15). Plaintiff failed to comply with that 

order, as well.

On October 13, 2022, the Court issued an order to show cause. (ECF No. 16). The 

following day, the parties filed the Joint Scheduling Report. Plaintiff thereafter timely filed a 

response to the order to show cause. (ECF No. 18). Counsel for Plaintiff represented that they had 

been unavailable due to trial but had worked diligently to collaborate with Defendants to complete 

and file the Joint Scheduling Report. Counsel for Plaintiff apologized and expressed commitment 

to adhering to all future court deadlines.

The Court finds good cause to discharge the order to show cause and accept the Joint 

Scheduling Report, based on the proffer of Plaintiff’s counsel that they worked diligently after 

their initial unavailability to participate in the drafting and filing of the Joint Scheduling Report. 

The Court reminds Counsel for Plaintiff that “press of business” excuses for failing to 

comply with Court orders and the Local Rules are not acceptable and Counsel shall seek relief 

from the Court IN ADVANCE of approaching deadlines if those deadlines cannot otherwise be 

met.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court’s October 13, 2022 order to show 

cause (ECF No. 16) is DISCHARGED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 18, 2022 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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