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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 8:1446 Petition for Naturalization Hearing

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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

parties from their obligation to timely file

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MOHAMED NEZAR ALI ABDULLA, )

) 2:07-cv-02632-GEB-KJM 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, in his capacity) CONFERENCE

as Director, USCIS; ROSEMARY )

MELVILLE, District Director of )

USCIS, Dept of Homeland Security; )

ROBIN BARRETT, USCIS, in her )

official capacity as San Francisco )

Field Office Director, )

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Defendants. )

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The December 7, Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference (December 7 Order”) scheduled a status conference in this

case for March 31, 2008, and required the parties to file a joint

status report no later than fourteen days prior to the status

conference. The Order further required that a status report be filed

regardless of whether a joint report could be procured. No status 1

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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. 

December 7 Order at 2 n.1.

As prescribed in the December 7 Order, Plaintiff was 2

required to serve Defendants with a copy of the December 7 Order

“[c]oncurrently with the service of process, or as soon

thereafter as possible....” December 7 Order at 1.

“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the 3

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 was filed.

Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) in a writing to be

filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on April 14, 2008, why sanctions should

not be imposed against him and/or his counsel under Rule 16(f) of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for its failure to file a timely

status report. 

Plaintiff’s written response shall also explain whether

Plaintiff has effected service of process on Defendants Gonzalez,

Melville and Barrett. Further, if service of process has not been 2

completed on or before April 4, 2008, Plaintiff shall show cause why

this action should not be dismissed for failure to serve Defendants

within the 120-day time period prescribed by Rule 4(m). 

The written response shall also state whether Plaintiff or

his counsel is at fault, and whether a hearing is requested on the

OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on April 28, 2008, 3

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

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rescheduled to that date. In accordance with the requirements set

forth in the December 7 Order, a status report shall be filed no later

than April 14, 2008. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 26, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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