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Parties Involved:
Traci Brewer
Defendant
Kimberly Byrd
Defendant
County of Yolo
Defendant
Martha Lehman
Defendant
Samuel Reyes
Plaintiff
William Reyes
Plaintiff
Leslie Scott
Defendant
Alissa Wilfrid
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM REYES and SAMUEL REYES, )

) 2:07-cv-610-GEB-DAD 

Plaintiffs, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

COUNTY OF YOLO; TRACI BREWER, ) CONFERENCE

individually and in her official )

capacity as social worker for the )

County of Yolo; ALISSA WILFRID, )

individually and in her official )

capacity as social worker for the )

County of Yolo; MARTHA LEHMAN, )

individually and in her official )

capacity as social worker for the )

County of Yolo; LESLIE SCOTT, )

individually and in her official )

capacity as social worker for the )

County of Yolo; KIMBERLY BYRD, )

individually and in her official )

capacity as social worker for the )

County of Yolo; and DOES 1-20, )

)

Defendants. )

)

The Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

filed March 30, 2007 (“March 30 Order”) scheduled a status conference

in this case for July 2, 2007, and required the parties to file a

joint status report no later than fourteen days prior to the status

conference. The March 30 Order further required that a status report

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As prescribed in the March 30 Order, Plaintiffs were 1

required to serve Defendants with a copy of the March 30 Order

“[c]oncurrently with the service of process, or as soon

thereafter as possible . . . .” March 30 Order at 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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be filed regardless of whether a joint report could be procured. No

status report was filed.

Plaintiffs are Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) in a writing to

be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 30, 2007, why sanctions

should not be imposed against them and/or their counsel under Rule

16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for their failure to

file a timely status report. Plaintiffs’ written response shall also

explain whether Plaintiffs have effected service of process on

Defendants, and whether Plaintiffs have served Defendants with a copy

of the March 30 Order. If service of process has been completed but 1

Plaintiffs have not yet served Defendants with a copy of the March 30

Order, Plaintiffs shall also show cause why they and/or their counsel

should not be sanctioned for failure to timely serve Defendants with a

copy of the March 30 Order. Further, if service of process has not

been completed within the 120-day time period prescribed by Rule 4(m),

Plaintiffs shall show cause why this action should not be dismissed

for failure to timely serve Defendants. 

The written response shall also state whether Plaintiffs or

their counsel are at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the

OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on August 20, 2007, 2

at 9:00 a.m., just prior to the status conference, which is

rescheduled to that date. In accordance with the requirements set

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forth in the March 30 Order, the parties shall file a joint status

report no later than fourteen days prior to the status conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 25, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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