Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America v. Dick Emard Electric, Inc.

Filing 11

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE and CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 6/29/11 ORDERING Plaintiff to file in writing no later than 4:00 p.m. on 7/8/11, why sanctions should not be imposed against it and/or its counsel under Ru le 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, and whether a hearing is requestedon the OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on 8/1/11 at 9:00 a.m., just prior to the status conference, which is rescheduled to that date and time. Initial Scheduling Conference RESET for 8/1/2011 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. (Meuleman, A) Modified on 6/30/2011 (Meuleman, A).

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut corporation, Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DICK EMARD ELECTRIC, INC. dba EMARD ELECTRIC, a California corporation; LUKE EMARD, an individual; CARRIE EMARD, an individual; EMARD’S ELECTRICAL HOME TECHNICIANS, INC., an entity of unknown form; EMARD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a California corporation; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, Defendants. ________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-00716-GEB-EFB ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 20 The March 16, 2011, Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 21 Conference scheduled a status conference in this case on July 11, 2011, 22 and required the parties to file a joint status report no later than 23 fourteen (14) days prior to the scheduling conference. The March 16, 24 2011 Order further required that a status report be filed regardless of 25 whether a joint report could be procured. 26 ordered. No status report was filed as 27 Therefore, Plaintiff is Ordered to Show Cause (“OSC”) in a 28 writing to be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 8, 2011, why 1 1 sanctions should not be imposed against it and/or its counsel under Rule 2 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to file a 3 timely status report. The written response shall also state whether 4 Plaintiff or its counsel is at fault, and whether a hearing is requested 5 on the OSC.1 6 2011, at 9:00 a.m., just prior to the status conference, which is 7 rescheduled to that date and time. A status report shall be filed no 8 later than fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference. 9 10 If a hearing is requested, it will be held on August 1, IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 29, 2011 11 12 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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.” 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). 2

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