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Parties Involved:
Converium Insurance Company
Defendant
KTL Transportation
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

declaration explaining why it was unable to

obtain the cooperation of the other party or

parties. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KTL TRANSPORTATION, )

) 2:05-cv-2163-GEB-KJM 

Plaintiff, )

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

CONVERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY, ) CONFERENCE

)

Defendant. )

)

The October 27, 2005, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case for

January 23, 2006, and required the parties to file a joint status

report (JSR) no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduling

conference. The Order further required that a status report be filed

regardless of whether a JSR could be procured.1 No status report was

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Order filed October 27, 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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filed as ordered.

The parties and counsel are Ordered to Show Cause (OSC) no

later than 4:00 p.m. on February 21, 2006, why sanctions should not be

imposed under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

against counsel and/or a party for the failure to file a timely status

report, as ordered. The written response shall state whether a party

and/or counsel is at fault and whether a hearing is requested on the

OSC.2 If a hearing is requested, it will be held on March 6, 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

October 27, 2005, Order, the parties are to file a JSR no later than

February 21, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 12, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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