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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUENTIN PIERCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No.15-cv-02811-JSC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AS TO 

WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE 

DISMISSED

Over the last several months, Defendant has attempted to obtain discovery from Plaintiff 

regarding his claims. After Plaintiff failed to attend the Case Management Conference on 

February 16, 2017, the Court issued an Order requiring Plaintiff to respond to the outstanding 

written discovery requests by February 28, 2017 and appear for his deposition in the Court’s Jury 

Room on March 9, 2017. (Dkt. No. 46.) Plaintiff was warned that failure to comply with the 

Order could result of dismissal of the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). On 

March 8, 2017, Defendant filed a statement indicating that it had not received any written 

discovery responses from Plaintiff. On March 9, 2017, Plaintiff failed to appear for his deposition 

in the Court’s Jury Room. (Dkt. No. 51.)

Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE as to why this action should not 

be dismissed for failure to comply with the Court’s orders. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). Plaintiff 

must provide Defendant with his written discovery responses by March 23, 2017. Plaintiff 

must also personally appear and show cause on April 6, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom F, 

450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, California, as to why this action should not be 

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dismissed for failure to comply with the Court’s orders. Failure to do so will result in the 

dismissal of this action without further notice to Plaintiff. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2017

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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