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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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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

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTI SCHMIDT, )

) 2:05-cv-01224-GEB-DAD

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; JOHN ) CONFERENCE

BANKS; BILL POWERS; ROBERT A. )

MEACHER; WILLIAM N. DENNISON; )

ROSE COMSTOCK, and OLE OLSON, )

)

Defendants. )

)

On September 12, 2005, an Order issued continuing the Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference in this action to December 12, 2005,

and requiring a joint status report no later than November 28, 2005.

The September 12 Order further required that a status report be filed

regardless of whether a joint report could be procured.1 No status

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parties. 

Order filed Sept. 12, 2005, at 1 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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report was filed as ordered. 

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

4:00 p.m. on February 7, 2006, 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 responses 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 February 21,

2006, 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 September 12 Order, the parties are to file a joint

status report no later than February 7, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 5, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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