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Parties Involved:
Suzanne Esparza
Defendant
Estate of Suzanne Esparza
Cross Defendant
Rosemary L. Martin
Cross Claimant
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORP.

Plaintiff,

v.

ROSEMARY L. MARTIN, AN

INDIVIDUAL; and ESTATE of SUZANNE

ESPARAZA

Defendants.

 /

CASE NO. 1:12-CV-0422-LJO-MJS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PARTIES

SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED FOR

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER

SETTING MANDATORY SCHEDULING

CONFERENCE.

SHOW CAUSE HEARING AND

CONTINUED SCHEDULING

CONFERENCE SET FOR JANUARY 31,

2013 AT 9:30 A.M.

(ECF No. 3)

The Initial Scheduling Conference set for January 4, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.

before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng is continued to January 31, 2013 at a 9:30 a.m.

before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng in Courtroom 6. 

On March 22, 2012, this Court issued an “Order Setting Mandatory Scheduling

Conference” (ECF No. 3) which, as amended by ECF No. 6, 13, 14, 16 and 20, informed

counsel that “A Joint Scheduling Report, thoughtfully prepared and executed by all

counsel, shall be electronically filed in CM/ECF one (1) full week prior to the Scheduling

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Conference and be emailed, in Wordperfect, to mjsorders@caed.uscourts.gov. “ The

parties did not comply with this requirement. 

The Court also notes that an apparently essential party, the Estate of Suzanne

Esparza, though reportedly served September 27, 2012, has not yet appeared and no

default has been entered against that party.

 Accordingly, the parties are ORDERED to Show Cause on January 31, 2013 at 9:30

a.m. before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng in Courtroom 6 why they should not be

sanctioned for their failure to comply with this Court’s Order Setting Mandatory Scheduling

Conference and for delay in requiring the appearance or otherwise proceeding against the

Estate of Suzanne Esparza. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2013 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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