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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1333 Admiralty

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1 As the Order states:

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

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

) 2:07-cv-02378-GEB-EFB 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

MARE ISLAND SALES, LLC.; MIKE ) CONFERENCE

MANUEL, )

Defendants. )

)

The November 6, 2007, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference (“November 6 Order”) scheduled a status

conference in this case for February 19, 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.1 No status report was filed.

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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. 

November 6 Order at 2 n.1.

2 “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.” 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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Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) in a writing to be

filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 3, 2008, why sanctions should

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

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

status report. 

The written response shall also state whether Plaintiff or

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

OSC.2 If a hearing is requested, it will be held on March 17, 2008,

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 November 6 Order, a status report shall be filed no later

than March 3, 2008 in which Plaintiff is required to explain the

status of the default issue. (Although it was determined that

Plaintiff is seeking default judgment when the docket was reviewed to

determine to whom this OSC should issue, Plaintiff was obligated to 

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file a status report, because the Court has no obligation to try to

discern the status of a case by checking docket entries.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 11, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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