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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

CYNTHIA HOPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

WATERWAY CREATIONS, INC.;

CUSTOMERS FIRST ENTERPRISES, 

INC.; MANGELOS BROTHERS, 

INC., dba BARNWOOD 

RESTAURANT; and JOSEPH

MANGELOS, dba BARNWOOD

RESTAURANT; and DOES 1-10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-01223-GEB-KJN

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE

The November 21, 2014, Order to Show Cause scheduled a 

status conference in this case on January 26, 2015, and required 

the parties to file a joint status report no later than fourteen 

(14) days prior to the scheduling conference. No status report 

was filed as ordered.

Therefore, Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”)1

in a writing to be filed no later than January 30, 2015, why 

sanctions should not be imposed against her and/or her counsel 

 

1 This is the third OSC that has issued as a result of Plaintiff failing 

to timely file a status report. (See ECF Nos. 6, 9.) In response to each of 

the first two OSCs, Plaintiff’s counsel filed a response to the OSC but failed 

to timely file a status report in connection with the corresponding continued 

status conference. Plaintiff has yet to file a status report in this action.

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

failure to file a timely status report. The written response 

shall also 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 March 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., just 

prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled to that date 

and time. A status report shall be filed no later than fourteen 

(14) days prior to the status conference.

Further, Plaintiff is ordered to show cause why this 

action should not be dismissed under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 41 for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff filed this 

action on May 19, 2014, but no Defendant has appeared. Further, 

Plaintiff has not filed a single status report indicating her 

efforts to prosecute this action. To avoid dismissal, on or 

before January 30, 2015, Plaintiff shall explain why this action 

should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and indicate 

what efforts she intends to take to prosecute this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2015

 

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.” 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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