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Parties Involved:
CytoSport
Plaintiff
Glyco Max, Inc.
Defendant

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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

(continued...)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CYTOSPORT, INC., a California, )

corporation; )

) 2:06-cv-1272-GEB-GGH 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

GLYCO MAX, INC., a Nevada ) CONFERENCE

corporation, and DOES 1 through )

10, inclusive, )

)

Defendants. )

)

The September 1, 2006, Order Continuing Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference rescheduled the status conference in this case

for November 20, 2006, and required the parties to file a joint status

report no later than November 6, 2006. The Order further required

that a status report be filed regardless of whether a joint report

could be procured. No status report was filed as ordered. 1

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(...continued) 1

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 September 1, 2006, 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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Plaintiff and Defendant are Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no

later than 4:00 p.m. on November 27, 2006, why sanctions should not be

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

against the parties and/or their counsel for the failure to file a

timely status report, as ordered. The written response shall state

whether the parties and/or their counsel are at fault and whether a

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

be held on February 12, 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 1, 2006, Order, the parties

shall file a joint status report no later than January 16, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 15, 2006

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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