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Parties Involved:
Shawn Abraugh
Plaintiff
Gregory Hanes
Defendant
Walmart, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAWN ABRAUGH,

Plaintiff,

v.

WALMART, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01387-SAB

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

STATUS REPORT AND CONTINUING THE 

MANDATORY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

TO JANUARY 25, 2024 

(ECF No. 3)

DEADLINE: JANUARY 4, 2024

Plaintiff initiated this action on September 22, 2023 against Defendants Walmart, Inc. and 

Gregory Hanes. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not filed any proof of service and neither Defendant 

has appeared. The mandatory scheduling conference is set for January 4, 2024, and a joint 

scheduling report was due December 28, 2023. (ECF No. 3.) No joint report has been filed in 

this action. 

Rule 4(m) provides that “[i]f a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint 

is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action 

without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.” 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). “But if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend 

the time for service for an appropriate period.” Id. The order setting the scheduling conference in 

this matter additionally provides that: “plaintiff shall diligently pursue service of the summons 

and complaint and dismiss those defendants against whom the plaintiff will not pursue claims . .

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.[and] plaintiff shall promptly file proofs of service of the summons and complaint so the Court 

has a record of service.” (ECF No. 3 at 1.) “Failure to timely serve the summons and complaint 

may result in the imposition of sanctions, including dismissal of unserved defendants.” (Id. at 2.) 

The order additionally provides that “[a] Joint Scheduling Report, carefully prepared and 

executed by all parties, shall be filed one (1) full week prior to the Scheduling Conference.” (Id.) 

Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or 

with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions

... within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to control its 

docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, including 

dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles Cnty., 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 2000). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall file a status report no later than January 4, 2024 addressing the 

status of this action and whether Defendants Walmart, Inc. and/or Gregory Hanes 

have been served or will be dismissed from this action; 

2. The initial scheduling conference is CONTINUED to January 25, 2024 at 2:30 

p.m., in Courtroom 9 and the parties shall file a joint scheduling report at least 

seven (7) days prior to the scheduling conference; and

3. Failure to comply with this order may result in the issuance of sanctions, up to and 

including dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 29, 2023 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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