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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID CLIFTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03539-KAW 

SECOND ORDER TO SHOW CASE FOR 

FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER 

TO SHOW CAUSE HEARING SET FOR

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

On November 3, 2015, the Court held a case management conference, where Plaintiff did 

not appear. This is the third time that Plaintiff’s counsel, Stanley Goff, has failed to appear at a 

scheduled case management conference in this case, as he also failed to appear on November 4, 

2014 and July 28, 2015. (See Minute Entries, Dkt. Nos. 12 & 31.) The Court issued and 

subsequently discharged an order to show cause concerning the July 28, 2015 failure to appear. 

(See Dkt. Nos. 30 & 37.)

On October 15, 2015, the parties stipulated to continue the case management conference 

scheduled for October 20, 2015 to the earliest available date thereafter, because Plaintiff’s counsel 

had a scheduling conflict. (Dkt. No. 44.) The Court approved the stipulation and continued the 

hearing to November 3, 2015. Id. Notwithstanding this accommodation, Mr. Goff failed to appear 

despite the numerous trial deadlines that are fast approaching.

Accordingly, counsel for Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, in writing, by no 

later than Monday, November 9, 2015, why this case should not be dismissed for failure to 

prosecute, or, in the alternative, why he should not personally pay monetary sanctions in the 

amount of $1000.00 for his failure to appear at the case management conference. 

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Additionally, the Court sets a hearing on the second order to show cause for Thursday, 

November 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 4, U.S. District Court, 1301 Clay Street, 3rd 

Floor, Oakland, California, at which both Mr. Goff and his client, David Clifton, are ordered to 

appear.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 3, 2015

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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