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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Darrin Dunston
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARRIN DUNSTON, 

Plaintiff, No. 2:12-cv-0650 KJN

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

Defendant. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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On August 24, 2012, plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment. (Dkt. No.

15.) According to the court’s March 20, 2012 scheduling order, “[d]efendant’s opposition to a 1

motion for summary judgment and/or remand, if any, shall be filed within 30 days from service

of plaintiff’s motion.” (Dkt. No. 5 at 2.) The court’s record shows that although that deadline

has now passed, defendant failed to file an opposition or seek an extension of the deadline to file

an opposition.

The court’s scheduling order in this matter expressly states that “[t]he court will

not contact counsel or the parties to remind them of these scheduling deadlines. Failure to adhere

 This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15) and 28 1

U.S.C. § 636(c), and both parties voluntarily consented to proceed before a United States

Magistrate Judge. (Dkt. Nos. 9, 11.)

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to [the deadlines] may result in sanctions....” (Dkt. No. 5 at 3.) Requests to modify the

scheduling order must be made by written motion. (Id. at 4.) Local Rule 110 further provides

that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court

may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions authorized by statute or Rule

or within the inherent power of the Court.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 110.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within 21 days of this order, defendant’s counsel shall show cause in writing

why he failed to file a timely opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

2. Within 21 days of this order, defendant shall file an opposition or statement of

non-opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. 

3. Failure to file the required written response and an opposition (or statement of

non-opposition) to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in accordance with this order will be

deemed a statement of non-opposition to the pending motion and consent to the granting of the

motion for summary judgment, and shall constitute an additional ground for the imposition of

appropriate sanctions, including an order summarily granting plaintiff’s motion for summary

judgment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 31, 2012

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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