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Parties Involved:
Customers First Enterprises, Inc.
Defendant
Cynthia Hopson
Plaintiff
Joseph Mangelos
Defendant
Mangelos Brothers, Inc.
Defendant
Waterway Creations, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CYNTHIA HOPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

WATERWAY CREATIONS, INC.,

CUSTOMERS FIRST ENTERPRISES, 

INC., MANGELOS BROTHERS, 

INC., dba BARNWOOD 

RESTAURANT, and JOSEPH

MANGELOS, dba BARNWOOD

RESTAURANT, and DOES 1-10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-01223-GEB-KJN

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; FED. R. 

CIV. P. 4(M) NOTICE

The May 20, 2014, Order Setting Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case 

on August 4, 2014, and required the parties to file a joint 

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

scheduling conference. The May 20, 2014 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.

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

in a writing to be filed no later than August 4, 2014, why 

sanctions should not be imposed against her and/or her counsel 

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

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failure to file a timely status report. The written response 

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

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

requested, it will be held on November 24, 2014, 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, 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 any unserved defendant and/or the 

action’s dismissal. To avoid dismissal, on or before September 

26, 2014, 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 23, 2014

 

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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