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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ODIS MARTIN and LORETHA

MARTIN,

Plaintiffs,

v.

HILTON SACRAMENTO ARDEN WEST; 

WHGCA LLC; HILTON WORLDWIDE, 

INC.; AND DOES 1-20, 

Inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-00360-GEB-AC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; FED. R. 

CIV. P. 4(M) NOTICE

The February 5, 2014 Order Setting Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case 

on May 12, 2014, and required the parties to file a joint status 

report no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the scheduling 

conference. The February 5, 2014 Order further required that a 

status report be filed regardless of whether a joint report could 

be procured. No status report was filed as ordered.

Therefore, Plaintiffs and Defendants WHGCA LLC and 

HILTON WORDLWIDE, INC. are Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) in a 

writing to be filed no later than May 12, 2014, why sanctions 

should not be imposed against the party and/or the party’s

counsel under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 16(f) for 

failure to file a timely status report. The written response 

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shall also state whether the party or the party’s counsel is at 

fault, and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.1 If a 

hearing is requested, it will be held on July 21, 2014, at 9:00 

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

to that date and time. A joint status report shall be filed no 

later than fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference. 

Further, Plaintiffs are notified under Rule 4(m) that 

failure to serve Defendant HILTON SACRAMENTO ARDEN WEST with 

process within the 120 day period prescribed in that Rule may 

result in that defendant being dismissed. To avoid dismissal, on 

or before June 6, 2014, Plaintiffs shall file proof of service 

for Defendant HILTON SACRAMENTO ARDEN WEST or a sufficient 

explanation why service was not completed within Rule 4(m)’s 

prescribed service period.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2014

 

1 “If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the impact of 

sanction should be lodged. If the fault lies with the clients, that is where 

the impact of the sanction should be lodged.” In re 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. Myers v. Shekter (In re Hill), 775 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir. 1985).

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