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Parties Involved:
Pentagroup Financial, LLC
Defendant
Jeffrey York
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY YORK, )

) 02:10-cv-00414-GEB-CMK

Plaintiff, ) 

) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. ) AND CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

PENTAGROUP FINANCIAL, LLC, ) CONFERENCE

)

Defendant. )

)

The February 18, 2010, Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference scheduled a status conference in this case

for June 14, 2010, and required the parties to file a joint status

report no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduling

conference. The joint status report was untimely filed on June 4,

2010.

The parties are Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) in a

writing to be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 12, 2010, why

sanctions should not be imposed against them and/or their 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 a party or counsel is at fault, and whether a

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“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the impact 1

of sanction should be lodged. If the fault lies with the clients, that

is where the impact of the sanction should be lodged.” Matter of

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. In re Hill, 775 F.2d 1385, 1387

(9th Cir. 1985).

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hearing is requested on the OSC. If a hearing is requested, it 1

will be held on July 26, 2010, at 9:00 a.m., just prior to the

status conference, which is rescheduled to that date and time. A

status report shall be filed no later than fourteen days prior to

the status conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 7, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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