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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Q. M., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SAN MATEO SUPERIOR COURT OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01167-JCS 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 

RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF 

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Plaintiff in this action, proceeding pro se, seeks to assert claims on behalf of his minor son. 

On March 31, 2015, the Court issued an Order to Retain Counsel in which it explained that “a

parent or guardian cannot bring an action on behalf of a minor child without retaining a lawyer.” 

Docket No. 4 (quoting Johns v. Cnty. of San Diego, 114 F.3d 874, 877 (9th Cir.1997)). The Court 

ordered that Plaintiff retain counsel no later than June 12, 2015, the date of the initial Case 

Management Conference, and that counsel appear with Plaintiff at the Case Management 

Conference. Plaintiff did not appear at the Case Management Conference, either through counsel 

or otherwise, and the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why the case should not be dismissed 

for failure to appear through counsel as ordered. Docket No. 8. A Show Cause hearing was set 

for June 26, 2015 at 9:30. Plaintiff did not respond to the Order to Show Cause or appear at the 

Show Cause hearing. Plaintiff has not consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge pursuant 

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to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Therefore, this case will be reassigned to a district court judge. It is 

RECOMMENDED that the Court dismiss the action without prejudice for failure to appear or 

retain counsel.

Dated: June 26, 2015

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JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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