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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1986 Neglect of Duty

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL WELDON,

Plaintiff,

v.

JERRY DYER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-00540-LJO-SAB

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDERS TO 

SHOW CAUSE

ECF NO. 55, 61

On June 4, 2014, the Court issued to Plaintiff an order to show cause why sanctions 

should not be imposed for failing to appear at the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss. 

(ECF No. 55.) In response to the order to show cause, Plaintiff claims that he was unaware that 

he was required to appear at the hearing in-person and believed that the motion would be decided 

on the papers.

Plaintiff’s response is unsatisfactory. Defendants’ motion noticed a specific date, time, 

and place for the hearing on the motion. The Local Rules specifically state that appearances are 

required. See Local Rule 230(i). Nothing in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local 

Rules or the Court’s record suggests that attendance at the hearing was not required. Plaintiff 

may not blindly assume that this Court’s procedures are identical to procedures in state traffic 

court, as Plaintiff indicated at the hearing.

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However, the Defendants have not filed a memorandum setting forth their costs and 

attorney’s fees, as ordered in the June 4, 2014 order to show cause. Accordingly, the Court will 

not issue monetary sanctions and the order to show cause will be discharged.

On June 13, 2014, the Court issued to Plaintiff a second order to show cause why the 

document entitled “Conversion” filed in Paul Weldon v. Economy Towing, Case No. 1:14-cv00549, should not be disregarded as duplicative. Plaintiff’s response indicates that he intended 

this document to assert new causes of action against Defendants. In light of the consolidation of 

the two actions and the motion to amend the complaint filed by Plaintiff, the Court will discharge 

the order to show cause and address the issue in its order on Plaintiff’s motion to amend.

Based upon the foregoing, the Court’s June 4, 2014 order to show cause and June 13, 

2014 order to show cause are DISCHARGED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 9, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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