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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CYNTHIA HOPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

US FOOD CORPORATION, dba Long 

John Silver’s #31911; STEVE 

CHAPRALIS; IRENE CHAPRALIS;

and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

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No. 2:14-cv-02865-GEB-AC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE

The February 13, 2015 Order to Show Cause and 

Continuing Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference scheduled a 

status conference in this case on May 4, 2015, and required a 

status report be filed no later than fourteen (14) days prior to 

the scheduling conference. No status report was filed as ordered. 

Therefore, Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”)1

in writing to be filed no later than May 4, 2015, why sanctions 

should not be imposed against her and/or her counsel under Rule 

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

a timely status report. The written response shall also state 

 

* The caption has been amended according to Plaintiff’s voluntary 

dismissal of Defendant Art Restaurants California Incorporated. (Notice of 

Vol. Dismissal, ECF No. 5.) 

1 This is the second OSC that has issued as a result of Plaintiff failing 

to timely file a status report. In response to the first OSC, Plaintiff’s 

counsel filed a response to the OSC but failed to timely file a status report. 

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whether Plaintiff or her counsel is at fault, and whether a 

hearing is requested on the OSC.2 If a hearing is requested, it 

will be held on May 18, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., just prior to the 

status conference, which is rescheduled to that date and time. A 

joint status report shall be filed no later than fourteen (14) 

days prior to the status conference.

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 27, 2015 

 

 

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.” In re 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. Myers v. Shekter (In re Hill), 775 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir. 1985).

3 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 parties. 

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