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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EJNER B. JACOBSON, )

) 2:07-cv-230-GEB-EFB 

Plaintiffs, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS ) CONFERENCE

CORPORATION, ) 

)

Defendant. )

)

The February 5, 2007, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference (“February 5 Order”) scheduled a status

conference in this case for April 23, 2007, 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. A

status report was not timely filed as ordered.

Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) in a writing to be

filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 4, 2007, why sanctions should

not be imposed against him and/or his counsel under Rule 16(f) of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for his failure to file a timely

status report. Plaintiff’s written response shall also explain

whether Plaintiff has effected service of process on Defendant, and

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“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the 1

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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whether Plaintiff has served Defendant with a copy of the February 5

Order. 

The written response shall also state whether Plaintiff or

his counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the

OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on June 18, 2007, at 1

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

February 5 Order, the parties shall file a joint status report no

later than fourteen days prior to the status conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 11, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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