Cramer v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, et al.

Filing 15

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE signed by Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder on 11/10/2011. Show Cause Response Due Within Ten Days. (Marrujo, C)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SUZANNE CRAMER, 12 13 14 15 16 Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 1:11cv00502-- -SMS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 17 18 On September 14, 2011, this Court issued an Order of Reassignment due to the retirement 19 of Senior United States District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger (Doc. 6). The Order withdrew 20 Judge Wanger’s assignment to the action and ordered the parties to affirmatively indicate 21 whether they would consent or decline to the jurisdiction of the assigned United States 22 Magistrate Judge. The parties were ordered to complete and file the Consent/Decline form (Doc. 23 6-1) within thirty (30) days. Over thirty (30) days have passed and the parties, specifically, 24 plaintiff as defendants were recently served and have not yet appeared in the action, have not 25 filed the required form attached to the Order of September 14, 2011 (Doc. 6-1). 26 Additionally, on October 19, 2011, court staff verbally advised plaintiff’s counsel’s staff 27 to either consent or decline, in compliance with Judge Ishii’s order of 9/14/11, as soon as 28 possible to avoid an OSC re: sanctions, and memorialized same in the Minute Order dated 1 10/19/11 (Doc. 9), which docket entry was also e-mailed by court staff to apparent lead counsel 2 for plaintiff Paul C. Mullen at pmullen@wagnerjones.com on 10/25/11 at 11:56 a.m. ~ all 3 attempts to no avail. 4 Accordingly, plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, if any she has, why sanctions 5 should not be imposed for failing to comply with the Court’s September 14, 2011, Order (Doc. 6 6). Plaintiff SHALL file a written response to this Order to Show Cause within ten (10) days 7 of the date of service of this Order. Alternatively, plaintiff may comply with this Order to Show 8 Cause by filing the required Consent/Decline form (Doc. 6-1) within ten (10) days of the date of 9 service of this Order. 10 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 Dated: icido3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 November 10, 2011 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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