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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

The July 23, 2014, Order to Show Cause and Continuing 

Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status 

conference in this case on November 24, 2014, and required the 

parties to file a joint status report no later than fourteen (14) 

days prior to the scheduling conference. No status report was 

filed as ordered.

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

in a writing to be filed no later than December 1, 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 

failure to file a timely status report. 1 The written response 

 

1 This is the second occasion in which Plaintiff has failed to timely file 

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

and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.2 If a hearing is 

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

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

date and time. A joint status report3 shall be filed no later 

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 20, 2014

 

a status report. 

2 “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).

3 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 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.

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