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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KATHRYN HOGAN, et al., CASE NO. CV-F-03-6408 LJO WMW

 

Plaintiffs, ORDER TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL

RULES 

vs.

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF’S

DEPUTY MICHAEL ROBINSON,

et al.,

Defendants.

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On May 24, 2007, this Court ordered Plaintiffsto “file with the Clerk of Court an email address

or a fax number so that this Court may effectuate immediate notice to Plaintiffs in the future.” Order

of May 24, 2007 (Doc. 221). On May 31, 2007, this Court, sua sponte, issued an Informational Order

highlighting specific rules of which the parties should take particular note. (Doc. 241). Over two

months ago, Plaintiffs received the following information:

 Failure to comply with the Local Rules, federal rules or a court order, including

this order, will be grounds for dismissal, entry of default or other appropriate

sanctions. See Local Rule 11-110; F.R.Civ.P. 41(b).

1. Documents intended to be filed with the Court must be mailed to the

Clerk of the Court. See Local Rule 5-134(a). All documents improperly mailed to a

judge's chambers will be stricken from the record. A document requesting a Court 1

order must be styled as a motion. See F.R.Civ.P. 7. (Emphasis in the original; footnote

in original)

The Informational Order is a five page document which outlines procedures of the Court, including very

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specific information about the procedures for filing and explanations about the current outstanding

motions. The Informational Order further gives specific references to our Local Rules for further

explanation. The Court also notes that the Local Rules are located on the website for the U.S. District

Court, Eastern District of California. 

Pursuant to the local rules, the Court directed Plaintiffs to file the requested information with the

clerk of court. (See Doc. 241) The Court reiterated this requirement in its Order of August 2, 2007,

which required Plaintiffs to comply with the previous Court order. In that order, the Court directed

Plaintiffs to “FILE this information with the Clerk of Court.” ( Doc. 250) (emphasis in original). 

Despite two orders which specifically directed the filing of this information with the Clerk of

Court and a separate order giving detailed instructions on how to file such a document in compliance

with the local rules, Plaintiffs emailed the requested information on August 8, 2007 to this Court’s

chambers. In the document attached to that email, Plaintiffs aver that they “do not know what the court

requires to file the requested information with the court.” Plaintiffs have either overlooked or

disregarded the informational order issued by this Court over two months ago. This Court has

previously warned Plaintiffs about failing to comply with this Court’s orders. Therefore, this Court

orders as follows:

I. The email and all attachments received by this Chambers on August 8, 2007 is

STRICKEN from the record pursuant to the Informational Order of May 31, 2007 and

Local Rule 5-133;

II. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to FILE and serve the requested information in accordance

with the local rules no later than Wednesday, August 15, 2007; and

III. Plaintiffs are again reminded that failure to comply with the local rules and this Court’s

order will result in sanctions, including dismissal of this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 9, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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