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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Josette Jeaneen Torrez
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSETTE JEANEEN TORREZ, 

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Commissioner 

of Social Security,

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Defendant.

Case No. 1:17-cv-00095-EPG

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE

On May 19, 2016, Plaintiff filed a complaint requesting a review of the Commissioner’s 

denial of benefits. (ECF No. 1.) Pursuant to this Court’s scheduling order and subsequent 

stipulations, Plaintiff filed her opening brief on November 4, 2016. (ECF No. 14.) Defendant has 

filed one stipulation requesting an extension of time to file her opposition brief. (ECF No. 15.) In 

that stipulation, Defendant agreed to file her opposition brief no later than January 19, 2017. No 

opposition brief has been filed to date and Defendant has not requested any further extensions. 

Defendant is thus ordered to show cause why sanctions, up to and including dispositive 

sanctions, should not issue for her failure to comply with court orders. Defendant is ordered to 

file a written response to this Order to Show Cause within 7 days of the date of this Order. If 

 

1 Consistent with Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Nancy A. Berryhill, the new acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, is substituted in place of Carolyn W. Colvin.

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Defendant requires more time to file an opposition brief, Defendant should so state in the 

response. Failure to respond to this Order to Show Cause within the time specified may

result in sanctions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2017 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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