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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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As the Order states: 1

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD WEAVER, )

) 2:07-1169-GEB-GGH

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A., )

)

Defendants. )

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The September 13, 2007, Minute Order Setting Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this

case for October 29, 2007, and required the parties to file a joint

status report no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduling

conference. The initial order setting the Status Conference dated

June 15, 2007, further required that a status report be filed

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

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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

parties. 

Order filed _____________, at 2 n. 1.

“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the 2

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 November 26, 2007, 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 response shall state whether the

parties or their counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is

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

December 10, 2007, 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 13, 2007, Order, the parties

are to file a joint status report no later than November 26, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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