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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

T.C.E.F., INC., a California 

corporation, dba ALL GREEN 

COLLECTIVE; TONY F. MONASSAR; 

JABE T. SATTERFIELD,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF KERN, a political 

subdivision of the State of 

California; and GREG FENTON 

Kern County Building 

Official, on behalf of 

themselves and in the name of 

the People of the State of 

California; and DOES 1 

through 10, Inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 1:14-cv-01893-GEB-BAM

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; FED. R. 

CIV. P. 4(M) NOTICE

The December 10, 2014 Order Setting Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case 

on February 23, 2015, and required the parties to file a joint 

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

scheduling conference. The December 10, 2014 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, Plaintiffs are Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) 

in a writing to be filed no later than February 23, 2015, why 

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sanctions should not be imposed against them and/or their 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 Plaintiffs or their counsel are at 

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

hearing is requested, it will be held on May 4, 2015, at 9:00 

a.m., just prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled 

to that date and time. A joint status report shall be filed no 

later than fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference.

Further, Plaintiffs are 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 April 3, 

2015, Plaintiffs 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: February 12, 2015

 

1 “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.” 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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