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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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* This Amended Order to Show Cause and Continuing Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference amends and supersedes the Order

to Show Cause and Continuing Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference filed October 25, 2007. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD WEAVER, )

) 2:07-cv-1169-GEB-GGH

Plaintiff, )

) AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW

v. ) CAUSE AND CONTINUING

) STATUS (PRETRIAL

FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A., ) SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE*

)

Defendant. )

)

The September 13, 2007, Minute Order Setting Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this

case for October 29, 2007, and required the parties to file a joint

status report no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduling

conference. The initial order setting the Status Conference, dated

June 15, 2007, further required that a status report be filed

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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

parties. 

Order filed June 15, 2007, at 2 n. 1.

2 As prescribed in the June 15, 2007 Order, Plaintiff was

required to serve Defendant with a copy of the June 15 Order

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

thereafter as possible . . . .” June 15, 2007 Order at 1.

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

report was filed as ordered.

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

filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on November 26, 2007, why sanctions

should not be imposed under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure against Plaintiff and/or his counsel for the failure to file

a timely status report, as ordered. Plaintiff’s written response

shall also explain whether Plaintiff has effected service of process

on Defendant, and whether Plaintiff has served Defendant with a copy

of the June 15, 2007 Order.2 If service of process has been

completed but Plaintiff has not yet served Defendant with a copy of

the June 15, 2007 Order, Plaintiff shall also show cause why he and/or

his counsel should not be sanctioned for failure to timely serve

Defendant with a copy of the June 15, 2007 Order. Further, if service

of process has not been completed within the 120-day time period

prescribed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), Plaintiff shall

show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure to

timely serve Defendant. 

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3 “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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The written response shall state whether Plaintiff or his

counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.3

If a hearing is requested, it will be held on December 10, 2007, 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

September 13, 2007 Order, a status report shall be filed no later than

November 26, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 26, 2007

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