Lopez v. AT&T Mobility Services, LLC ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHARLENE LOPEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-01219-SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING WHY SANCTIONS 13 v. SHOULD NOT ISSUE FOR FAILURE TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS BY COURT 14 AT&T MOBILITY SERVICES, LLC., ORDERED DEADLINE 15 Defendant. (ECF No. 28) 16 DEADLINE: JANUARY 3, 2024 17 18 On December 4, 2023, the parties filed a notice of settlement of this action. (ECF No. 19 27.) “Upon such notification of . . . resolution of an action . . . the Court shall fix a date upon 20 which the documents disposing of the action or motion must be filed, which date shall not be 21 more than twenty-one (21) days from the date of said notification, absent good cause.” L.R. 22 160(b). The Court’s order issued December 5, 2023, expressly set the deadline to file 23 dispositional documents for December 26, 2023. (Id.) 24 The deadline to file dispositional documents has now expired and the parties have not 25 done so, nor requested an extension of time from the Court. Local Rule 110 provides that 26 “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court may 27 be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions … within the inherent power of 28 the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to control its docket and may, in the exercise of 1 || that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, including dismissal of the action. Bautista _v. 2 | Los Angeles Cnty., 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 2000). The Court shall require the parties to 3 || show cause why sanctions should not issue for the failure to file dispositional documents in 4 || compliance with the Court’s order issued December 5, 2023. 5 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 6 1. The parties shall show cause in writing no later than January 3, 2024, why 7 sanctions should not issue for the failure to file dispositional documents as 8 required by the December 5, 2023, order; and 9 2. Failure to comply with this order will result in the issuance of sanctions. 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee 12 | Dated: _ December 27, 2023 3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28