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Parties Involved:
Marcel Chiang
Defendant
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
PRB Management, LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Scott Johnson,

Plaintiff,

v.

Marcel Chiang, and Does 1-10,

Defendants.

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No. 2:14-cv-01900-GEB-AC

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE

The November 21, 2014, Order Continuing Status 

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in 

this case on January 26, 2015, and required the parties to file a 

joint status report no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the 

scheduling conference. No status report was filed as ordered.

Therefore, each party is Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) 

in a writing to be filed no later than January 26, 2015, why 

sanctions should not be imposed against him and/or his counsel 

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

failure to file a timely status report. The written response 

shall also state whether the party or his counsel is at fault, 

and whether a hearing is requested on the OSC.1 If a hearing is 

 

* The caption has been amended according to the December 23, 2014 

dismissal of Defendant PRB Management, LLC. (See ECF No. 10.)

1 “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.” In re Sanction of Baker, 744 

F.2d 1438, 1442 (10th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1014 (1985). 

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requested, it will be held on February 23, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., 

just prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled to that 

date and time. A joint status report shall be filed no later than 

fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2015

 

Sometimes the faults of attorneys, and their consequences, are visited upon 

clients. Myers v. Shekter (In re Hill), 775 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir. 1985).

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