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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Stephanie L. Wallace
Plaintiff

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Michael J. Astrue is substituted for his predecessor, Jo Anne B. Barnhart, as Commissioner of the Social 1

Security Administration. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(1).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHANIE L. WALLACE, Case No. 1:05-cv-0893 TAG

Plaintiff, SUA SPONTE ORDER DIRECTING

PLAINTIFF TO FILE OPENING BRIEF

v. ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 11, 2008

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,1

Commissioner of Social Security 

Administration,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff, Stephanie L. Wallace (“Plaintiff”), through counsel, filed a complaint seeking review

of a final administrative decision denying her application for Social Security disability insurance benefits

and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Act.

(Doc. 1). The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(c), and the case has been assigned to the Magistrate Judge to conduct all further proceedings,

including the entry of final judgment. (Doc. 19). 

On December 6, 2007, Plaintiff’s attorneys moved to withdraw as her attorneys of record, which

the Honorable Judge Gary S. Austin, United States Magistrate Judge, granted on December 27, 2007.

(Docs. 20, 22). Judge Austin also allowed Plaintiff an additional forty-five (45) days from the date of

the order – until February 11, 2008 – to retain new counsel and to prepare her opening brief. (Id., 2:14-

16). On January 9, 2008, this matter was reassigned to the undersigned Magistrate Judge. (Docket Entry

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23). In the December 27, 2007 order, Plaintiff was ordered to prepare her opening brief in this Court

on or before February 11, 2008. (Doc. 22). This Court’s Local Rule 11-110 provides for sanctions,

including dismissal of an action, if a party fails to comply with a Court order. 

Plaintiff is advised that if she fails to file her opening on or before February 11, 2008, this

action will be dismissed for failure to comply with this Court’s December 27, 2007 Order and the

instant Order. Local Rule 11-110. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file her opening brief on or before February 11, 2008; and

2. Plaintiff is FOREWARNED that failure to timelyfile her opening brief will result in dismissal

of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 24, 2008 /s/ Theresa A. Goldner 

j6eb3d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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