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Parties Involved:
Randy Herman
Plaintiff
Warren Manufacturing, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RANDY HERMAN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

WARREN MANUFACTURING, INC., and 

DOES 1 through 20, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:15-CV-01097-SMS 

ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE 

Date: October 26, 2016 

Time: 1:30 p.m. 

Courtroom: 1 (8th Floor) 

 

 This action was removed from the Superior Court of Tulare County by Defendant Warren 

Manufacturing, Inc. Doc. 1. The initial scheduling conference was set for February 10, 2016. Doc. 

7. On January 26, 2016, Warren Manufacturing submitted a one-page document captioned 

“Plaintiff’s Designation of True Name of Defendant Previously Known As Doe #1,” by which he 

“amends said Complaint by substituting such true name in the place of such fictitious name 

wherever it appears in said Complaint.” Doc. 10. The following day, the parties stipulated to 

dismissal of the entire action as to Warren Manufacturing, Inc. Doc. 11. The Court adopted the 

parties’ stipulation and continued the initial scheduling conference to April 20, 2016. Docs. 12-13. 

On April 11, 2016, the Court emailed Plaintiff’s counsel, advising that the January 26, 2016 

one-page document did not suffice as an amended complaint, and that compliance with Local Rule 

220 and Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is required. That same day, the Court 

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vacated the initial scheduling order set for April 26, 2016, upon being advised that an amended 

complaint would be filed. Doc. 14. Nearly five months later, when no amended complaint was 

filed, the Court directed the parties to appear for an informal telephonic case status conference on 

September 28, 2016. Plaintiff did not appear for the informal telephonic conference.1

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Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to appear at a hearing scheduled for October 26, 

2016, at 1:30 p.m. in Magistrate Judge Sandra Snyder’s courtroom, to show why this case should not 

be dismissed for failure prosecute. Plaintiff may appear telephonically for the hearing. To do so, he 

is directed to dial 1-866-590-5055 and use the passcode 5453256. 

Plaintiff is admonished that failure to timely comply with this order will result in 

dismissal of this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 30, 2016 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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 As Warren Manufacturing, Inc., the sole named defendant had been dismissed from the case, only 

Plaintiff would have appeared at the informal telephonic conference. 

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