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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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As the Order states: 1

The failure of one or more of the parties to

participate in the preparation of the Joint

Status Report does not excuse the other

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH BLUFORD, on his own behalf )

and on behalf of all those )

similarly situated, ) 

) 2:06-cv-0523-GEB-(PAN)JFM 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., ) CONFERENCE

)

Defendant. )

)

The March 13, 2006, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference (“March 13 Order”) scheduled a status

conference in this case for June 19, 2006, and required the parties to

file a joint status report no later than fourteen days prior to the

scheduling conference. The March 13 Order further required that a

status report be filed regardless of whether a joint report could be

procured. Accordingly, on June 5, 2006, Defendant filed a status 1

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parties from their obligation to timely file

a status report in accordance with this

Order. In the event a party fails to

participate as ordered, the party timely

submitting the status report shall include a

declaration explaining why it was unable to

obtain the cooperation of the other party or

parties. 

March 13 Order at 2 n. 1.

“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the 2

impact of sanction should be lodged. If the fault lies with the

clients, that is where the impact of the sanction should be

lodged.” Matter of Sanction of Baker, 744 F.2d 1438, 1442 (10th

Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1014 (1985). Sometimes the

faults of attorneys, and their consequences, are visited upon

clients. In re Hill, 775 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir. 1985).

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report and declaration, in which defense counsel attests he attempted

to contact counsel for Plaintiff approximately three times to discuss

preparing the joint status report, but received no response. On 

June 6, 2006, Plaintiff filed a “Case Management Statement” in which

he requests the June 19 status conference “be reset after the Court

rules on Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand . . . .” Plaintiff’s Case

Management Statement is devoid of any explanation for his failure to

file a timely status report as required by the March 13 Order.

Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no later than 

4:00 p.m. on June 22, 2006, why sanctions should not be imposed

against counsel and/or Plaintiff for the failure to file a timely

status report under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. The written response shall also state whether Plaintiff or

counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.2

If a hearing is requested, it will be held on September 25, 2006, at

9:00 a.m., just prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled

to that date. 

In accordance with the requirements set forth in the 

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March 13 Order, the parties shall file a joint status report no later

than September 11, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 7, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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