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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEGO EGBUONO,

Plaintiff, No. C 04-03003 BZ (EDL)

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION, 

Defendant.

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By Court Order filed on October 15, 2007, a settlement conference was set for this case on

November 15, 2007. On November 2, 2007, at the Plaintiff’s request, the Court continued the

conference to November 14, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. The order setting the settlement conference provides that

personal attendance by a party will rarely be excused and only with the Court’s prior permission. Only

one day prior to the settlement conference, the Plaintiff unilaterally notified the Court she would not

attend based on a very brief, insufficient explanation.

Plaintiff is ordered to show cause as to why the Court should not sanction her for notifying the

Court that she will not be able to attend the November 14 settlement conference on November 13, 2007

at 3:14 p.m. without prior approval.

The Court will schedule a hearing at which Plaintiff must show cause why she should not be

sanctioned. Meanwhile, Plaintiff must file as soon as possible and prior to the rescheduled settlement

conference on January 11, 2008, a thorough declaration under oath explaining which relation died and

when, when Plaintiff learned thereof, and Plaintiff’s travel arrangements, including dates and places.

The Court knows that Plaintiff is an attorney and therefore an office of the Court who should understand

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the importance of complying with Court orders. While the Court is sympathetic to genuine emergencies,

the explanation provided to date is too cursory and vague to justify her last minute failure to appear.

Dated: November 14, 2007 _______________________________

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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