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Parties Involved:
BNSF Railway Company
Defendant
Anthony H. Hessler
Plaintiff

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1 As the Order states:

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY H. HESSLER, )

) 2:05-cv-1813-GEB-KJM

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a Delaware ) CONFERENCE

Corporation, )

)

Defendant. )

)

The September 9, 2005, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case for

December 12, 2005, and required the parties to file a joint status

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

The Order further required that a status report be filed regardless of

whether a joint report could be procured.1 No status report was filed

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declaration explaining why it was unable to

obtain the cooperation of the other party or

parties. 

Order filed Sept. 9, 2005, at 2 n. 1.

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.” 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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as ordered.

Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no later than 4:00

p.m. on February 7, 2006, why sanctions should not be imposed under

Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure against counsel

and/or Plaintiff for the failure to file a timely status report, as

ordered. The written response shall state whether Plaintiff or his

counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.2

If a hearing is requested, it will be held on February 21, 2006, at

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

to that date. In accordance with the requirements set forth in the

September 9 Order, the parties are to file a joint status report no

later than February 7, 2006.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 6, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge 

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