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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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As the Order states: 1

The failure of one or more of the parties to

participate in the preparation of the Joint

Status Report does not excuse the other

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRIS STARK, individually and as )

successor in interest to Angela )

Stark, and ANN BOTSFORD, )

) 2:06-cv-1450-GEB-GGH 

Plaintiffs, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.; ) CONFERENCE

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; and JOHNSON & ) 

JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH )

AND DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C., )

)

Defendants. )

)

The June 29, 2006, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference (“June 29 Order”) scheduled a status conference

in this case for September 25, 2006, and required the parties to file

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

conference. The Order further required that a status report be filed

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

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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. 

June 29 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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report was filed.

Plaintiffs are Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) in a writing to

be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 22, 2006, why sanctions

should not be imposed against them and/or their counsel under Rule

16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for their failure to

file a timely status report. Plaintiffs’ written response shall also

explain whether Plaintiffs have effected service of process on

Defendants, and whether Plaintiffs have served Defendants with a copy

of the June 29 Order. 

The written response shall also state whether Plaintiffs or

their counsel are at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the

OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on November 6, 2006, 2

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 June 29 

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Order, the parties shall file a joint status report no later than

October 23, 2006.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 14, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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