Johnson v. Vanhoose et al

Filing 18

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 11/08/11 ORDERING that Plaintiff shall take the steps necessary to prosecute this action as to Defendant John Vanhoose as a default matter. Plaintiff shall either file whatever documents are required o r Show Cause in writing filed by 4:00 p.m. on January 23, 2012, why Defendant John Vanhoose should not be dismissed for failure of prosecution. Further, Plaintiff is notified under Rule 4(m) of the FRCP that if Defendant Jamie Bianca is not served w ith process within the 120 day period prescribed in that Rule, that Defendant may be dismissed as a defendant. To avoid dismissal, by November 28, 2011 Plaintiff shall file proof of service for this defendant or a sufficient explanation why service was not effected. Further, the status conference is CONTINUED to 02/13/12 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. A status report shall be filed fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference. (Benson, A.)

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1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SCOTT N. JOHNSON, Plaintiff, 8 9 v. 11 JOHN VANHOOSE, Individually and d/b/a O’Riley’s Pub; JAMIE BIANCA, 12 Defendants. ________________________________ 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-00798-GEB-DAD ORDER CONTINUING STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; FED. R. CIV. P. 4(M) NOTICE Plaintiff states in his Status Report filed October 31, 2011: “Defendant, John Vanhoose, has been served with the First Amended Complaint, but has not filed an answer. Defendant Jamie Bianca has not been served.” (ECF No. 16, 2:13-15.) Plaintiff shall take the steps necessary to prosecute this action as to Defendant John Vanhoose as a default matter. Plaintiff shall either file whatever documents are required or Show Cause in a writing filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on January 23, 2012, why Defendant John Vanhoose should not be dismissed for failure of prosecution. Further, Plaintiff is notified under Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that if Defendant Jamie Bianca is not served with process within the 120 day period prescribed in that Rule, that Defendant may be dismissed as a defendant. To avoid dismissal, on or before November 28, 2011 Plaintiff shall file proof of service for this defendant or a sufficient explanation why service was not effected within Rule 4(m)’s prescribed service period. 1 1 Further, the status conference scheduled for hearing on 2 November 14, 2011, is continued to commence at 9:00 a.m. on February 13, 3 2012. A status report shall be filed fourteen (14) days prior to the 4 status conference in which Plaintiff is required to explain the status 5 of the proceedings. 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 8, 2011 8 9 10 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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