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Parties Involved:
Bank of America
Defendant
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company
Defendant
Shauni Williams
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAUNI WILLIAMS, No. CIV S-02-2347-DFL-CMK

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

BANK OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

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On April 14, 2003, plaintiff filed an amended complaint adding Bank of America

as a defendant. Following dismissal of defendant Fortis Benefits Insurance Company on March

28, 2005, defendant Bank of America is the sole remaining defendant to this action. The

amended complaint appears to have been properly served, via certified mail, on June 24, 2004. 

United States Post Office records submitted to the court by plaintiff show that the amended

complaint was received by defendant Bank of America. To date, defendant Bank of America has

failed to respond to plaintiff’s amended complaint. 

On September 9, 2004, plaintiff filed a motion for default judgment against defendant

Bank of America. On August 9, 2005, the court denied plaintiff’s motion for default without

prejudice and ordered defendant Bank of America to show cause in writing, within 20 days from

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the date of the order, why default judgment should not be entered against it. That order was

subsequently returned by the United States Post Office as undeliverable. Having reviewed the

court’s file, it appears that the August 9, 2005, order was not sent to the correct address. 

Defendant Bank of America will therefore be granted additional time to respond to the court’s

order to show cause.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant Bank of America shall

show cause in writing, within 20 days from the date of this order, why default judgment should

not be entered for defendant’s failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12. The

Clerk of Court is directed to serve this order on plaintiff and on defendant Bank of America at the

following address:

Secretary, Employee Benefits Administrative Committee

C/o Bank of America NT & SA

Benefits Program #3994

Post Office Box 37022

San Francisco, CA 94137

Failure to comply with this order may result in entry of default judgment against

defendant Bank of America. 

DATED: September 8, 2005.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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