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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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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

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. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDDY BERMUDEZ, )

) 2:05-cv-2245-GEB-KJM 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

OFFICEMAX and DOES 1-20, ) CONFERENCE

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Defendants. )

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The November 7, 2005, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case for

February 21, 2006, and required the parties to file a joint status

report no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduling conference. 

The Order further required that a status report be filed regardless of

whether a joint report could be procured. The joint status report 1

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Order filed November 7, 2005, 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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filed by the parties was submitted on February 9, 2006, which was

untimely.

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

4:00 p.m. on March 6, 2006, why sanctions should not be imposed under

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

and/or the parties for the failure to file a timely status report, as

ordered. The written response shall state whether the parties or

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 20, 2006, at 

9:00 a.m., just prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled

to that date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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