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Parties Involved:
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
Plaintiff
Northern Recycling & Waste Services
Defendant
Douglas Speicher
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, a 

nonprofit corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

NORTHERN RECYCLING & WASTE 

SERVICES, a California 

corporation, and DOUGLAS 

SPEICHER, an individual,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-01601-GEB-CKD

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; FED. R. 

CIV. P. 4(M) NOTICE

The July 8, 2014, Order Setting Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case 

on October 27, 2014, and required the parties to file a joint 

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

scheduling conference. The July 8, 2014 Order further required a 

status report be filed regardless of whether a joint report could 

be procured. No status report was filed as ordered.

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

in a writing to be filed no later than October 27, 2014, why 

sanctions should not be imposed against it and/or its 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 Plaintiff or its counsel is at fault, 

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

requested, it will be held on January 26, 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. 

Further, Plaintiff is notified under Rule 4(m) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that failure to serve Defendants 

Northern Recycling & Waste Services and Douglas Speicher with 

process within the 120 day period prescribed in that Rule may 

result in the unserved defendant(s) and/or the action being 

dismissed. To avoid dismissal, on or before November 7, 2014, 

Plaintiff shall file proof of service for these defendants or a 

sufficient explanation why service was not completed within Rule 

4(m)’s prescribed service period.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 16, 2014

 

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). 

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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