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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

SHIRLEY DENNEY, JOSE

CERVANTES, and CHRISTOPHER

TAPIA,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-01008-GEB-AC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; FED. R. 

CIV. P. 4(M) NOTICE

The May 8, 2015, Order Setting Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case 

on August 3, 2015, and required the parties to file a joint 

status report no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the 

scheduling conference. The May 13, 2015 Order further required a 

status report be filed regardless of whether a joint report could 

be procured. No status report was filed as ordered.

Therefore, Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) 

in a writing to be filed no later than August 7, 2015, why 

sanctions should not be imposed against it and/or its counsel 

under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for 

failure to file a timely status report. The written response 

shall also state whether Plaintiff or its counsel is at fault, 

and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.1 If a hearing is 

 

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requested, it will be held on October 26, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., 

just prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled to that 

date and time. A status report shall be filed no later than 

fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference. 

Further, Plaintiff is notified under Rule 4(m) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that failure to serve each

Defendant with process within the 120 day period prescribed in 

that Rule may result in the unserved defendant(s) and/or this 

action being dismissed. To avoid dismissal, on or before 

September 7, 2015, Plaintiff shall file proof of service for each 

defendant or a sufficient explanation why service was not 

completed within Rule 4(m)’s prescribed service period.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2015

 

sanction should be lodged. If the fault lies with the clients, that is where 

the impact of the sanction should be lodged.” In re 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. Myers v. Shekter (In re Hill), 775 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir. 1985).

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