Limon v. Nissan North America, Inc. ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRENDA A. LIMON, Case No. 1:22-cv-01573-ADA-SAB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW 12 CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT v. BE IMPOSED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR 13 AT SCHEDULING CONFERENCE NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., 14 THREE-DAY DEADLINE Defendant. 15 16 A scheduling conference in this action was held on March 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. (ECF 17 No. 7.) No counsel for Plaintiff appeared at the scheduling conference. 18 Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these 19 Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all 20 sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 21 control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, 22 including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 23 2000). 24 Plaintiff shall be required to show cause why sanctions should not issue for the failure by 25 counsel to make any appearance at the scheduling conference held on March 21, 2023. 26 / / / 27 / / / / / / 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, within three (3) days from the date of 2 | entry of this order, Plaintiff shall show cause in writing why sanctions should not be imposed for 3 | the failure of counsel to attend the mandatory scheduling conference held on March 21, 2023. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. ee 6 | Dated: _ March 21, 2023 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28