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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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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

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GILBERT SALINAS, )

) 2:05-cv-00951-GEB-GGH

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

GABRIELA AGUIRRE; JOSE JESUS, ) CONFERENCE

RODRIGUEZ, and DOES 1 through 10, )

inclusive, )

)

Defendants. )

)

The May 13, 2005, Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference scheduled a status conference and required the parties to

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

scheduling conference. The May 13 Order further required that a

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

procured.1 The Clerk’s Notice of Docket Correction entered May 16,

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parties. 

Order filed May 13, 2005, 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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2005, notified Plaintiff that the status conference date was re-set

for August 22, 2005. No status report was filed as ordered. 

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

4:00 p.m. on September 6, 2005, why sanctions should not be imposed

under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure against

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

report, as ordered. The written response shall state whether

Plaintiff or her 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 19, 2005, 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 May 13 Order, the parties are to file a

joint status report no later than September 6, 2005. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 17, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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