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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN SCHOFIELD, ) 

) 2:06-cv-0117-GEB-GGH 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.; ) CONFERENCE

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, )

INC.; KAISER PERMANENTE FLEXIBLE )

BENEFITS PLAN; and DOES 4-100, )

)

Defendants. )

)

The January 18, 2006, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference (“January 18 Order”) scheduled a status

conference in this case for April 17, 2006, and required the parties

to file a joint status report (“JSR”) no later than fourteen days

prior to the scheduling conference. The January 18 Order further

required that a status report be filed regardless of whether a joint

report could be procured. The parties filed an untimely JSR on 1

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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

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. 

January 18 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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April 6, 2006.

Each party is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no later than 

4:00 p.m. on April 24, 2006, why sanctions should not be imposed

against counsel and/or the parties 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 counsel or

the parties are at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the

OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on June 19, 2006, at 2

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 January

18 Order, the parties shall file a JSR no later than June 5, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 10, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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