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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Fair Credit Reporting Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SEAN CONRAD,

Plaintiff,

v.

EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, 

INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01961-BLF 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

TO PLAINTIFF SEAN CONRAD AND HIS ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE in writing, on or before December 

17, 2015, why this action should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

This case was removed from the Santa Clara County Superior Court on April 30, 2015. 

Since then, Plaintiff has voluntarily dismissed two of the defendants. There is no indication on the 

docket that the remaining defendants have been served with process. Counsel for Plaintiff did not 

file a Case Management Statement in advance of the Case Management Conference that was 

scheduled for December 3, 2015 and he did not appear at the hearing.

The Court “may issue any just orders,” including orders imposing sanctions, if a party or 

its attorney “fails to appear at a scheduling or other pretrial conference” or “fails to obey a 

scheduling or other pretrial order.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f). Moreover, the Court may dismiss an 

action “[i]f the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with . . . a court order.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

41(b).

In addition to the showing required above, Plaintiff’s counsel is HEREBY ORDERED TO 

SHOW CAUSE in writing, on or before December 17, 2015, why sanctions in the amount of $500 

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should not be imposed on counsel for failure to file a Case Management Statement and failure to 

appear at the Case Management Conference. 

Plaintiff’s counsel is HEREBY ORDERED TO APPEAR at a SHOW CAUSE HEARING 

on January 7, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 3, 2015

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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