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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE )

COMPANY, a corporation duly ) CIV. S-05-308 GEB KJM

organized under the laws of the )

State of Oklahoma, with principal ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

place of business in the State of ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

Nebraska, ) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

) CONFERENCE

Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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That’s No Bull, a California )

corporation dba Nu Star Motors; )

Laura Partridge, individually and )

as President of Laura Partridge )

Family, Inc. dba Creative Concepts;)

Laura Partridge Family, Inc., a )

California corporation; Jim )

Gilfillan, an individual; )

Mike Cozakas, an individual; and )

Does 1 through 50, )

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Defendants. )

)

The February 16, 2005, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case for

May 23, 2005, and required the parties to file a joint status report

no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduling conference. The

Order further required that a status report be filed regardless of

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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

parties. 

Order filed Feb. 16, 2005, at at 2 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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whether a joint report could be procured.1 No status report was filed

as ordered.

Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no later than 4:00

p.m. on June 27, 2005, why sanctions should not be imposed under Rule

16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure against counsel and/or

Plaintiff for the failure to file a timely status report, as ordered. 

The written response shall state whether Plaintiff 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 July 11, 2005, 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 February 16 Order,

the parties are to file a joint status report no later than June 27,

2005. 

Further, notice is hereby given under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m)

that any unserved defendant could be dismissed if Plaintiff fails to

show good cause in a filing due no later than June 20, 2005, for that

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failure to serve “within 120 days after the filing of the complaint

. . . .” (Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m)).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 17, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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