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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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** E-filed January 28, 2010 ** 

NOT FOR CITATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

PETER BECKUM, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO; OFFICER 

SOARES, individually and in his Personal 

Capacity and his Official Capacity as a 

police officer for the City of East Palo Alto; 

and CHIEF OF POLICE RONALD L. Davis, 

 Defendants. 

____________________________________/

No. C09-03301 HRL 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

In July 2009, plaintiff Peter Beckum filed a civil rights action against defendants. A Case 

Management Conference was set for November 10, 2009 that was later continued to December 29, 

2009 due to the court’s unavailability. After defendants requested a continuance of this 

conference—to which plaintiff filed no opposition—the court ordered the parties to consent or 

decline to magistrate jurisdiction by December 22, 2009. To date, plaintiff has failed to do either. 

The court’s attempts to contact plaintiff’s counsel, David Washington, using the telephone number 

and e-mail address listed for him in the court’s electronic filing system have been unsuccessful. 

The Initial Case Management Conference is now scheduled for February 2, 2010. Based on 

this date, the parties’ Joint Case Management Statement and initial disclosures were due on January 

25, 2010. Upon inquiry, the defendants represented to the court that they had sent a draft of a Joint 

Case Management Statement to Mr. Washington but had received no response. They then filed a 

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separate statement on January 27, 2010. Plaintiff’s counsel did sign a stipulation selecting an 

Alternative Dispute Resolution process on January 21, 2010 (Docket No. 13), but otherwise, there 

has been no docket activity on behalf of the plaintiff since he filed suit. 

Based on the foregoing, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s counsel David Washington shall 

appear in person before this court on February 2, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., Courtroom 2, 280 South First 

Street, San Jose, California and show cause, if any, why this court should not impose sanctions for 

his failure to: (1) respond to this court’s orders, (2) cooperate with defendants in the preparation of a 

Joint Case Management Statement, and (3) update his contact information with this court as 

required by the Local Rules. The failure to comply with this order will be deemed additional 

grounds for the imposition of sanctions, including dismissal of the case for failure to prosecute. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). 

Dated: January 28, 2010 

HOWARD R. LLOYD 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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C 09-03301 Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

David Walter Washington dwlaw16@aol.com 

Jeffrey Michael Vucinich jvucinich@clappmoroney.com, cgomez@clappmoroney.com, 

 jburns@clappmoroney.com, lsteele@clappmoroney.com, 

 pco@clappmoroney.com, sharrington@clappmoroney.com 

Patrick Reyes Co pco@clappmoroney.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not 

registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program. 

 

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