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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 26:6212 Injunctive Relief from IRS Lien

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1 As the Order states:

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAL MANAGEMENT, INC., RAAJ FOODS ) NO. CIV. S-04-2679 GEB PAN

CORPORATION, and AMERICAN PRIDE )

FOODS CORPORATION, )

)

Plaintiffs, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

) AND CONTINUING STATUS

v. ) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

) CONFERENCE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

)

The Order filed December 20, 2004, scheduled a Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference in this action for March 28, 2005. 

The Order filed March 21, 2005, continued the scheduling conference to

May 9, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. and required the parties to file a joint

status report no later than April 25, 2005. The Order further

required that a status report be filed regardless of whether a joint

report could be procured.1 No status report was filed as ordered.

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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. 

Order filed March 21 at 2 n. 1.

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

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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The parties are Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no later than

4:00 p.m. on May 23, 2005, 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 party or its

counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.2

If a hearing is requested, it will be held on June 6, 2005, 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

March 21 Order, the parties are to file a joint status report no later

than May 23, 2005.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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