Phillips v. General Motors LLC ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NICHOLAS FRANCIS PHILLIPS, Case No. 1:24-cv-00537-JLT-SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING WHY MONETARY 13 v. SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE FOR FAILURE TO FILE JOINT SCHEDULING 14 GENERAL MOTORS LLC, REPORT 15 Defendant. DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 16 17 A scheduling conference is set for September 12, 2024 in this matter. (ECF No. 3.) The 18 parties were ordered to file a joint scheduling report one full week prior to the scheduling 19 conference. (Id. at 2.) No joint report has been filed in this action. 20 Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these 21 Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all 22 sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 23 control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, 24 including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 25 2000). 26 The Court shall require the parties to show cause why monetary sanctions should not 27 issue for the failure to file a joint report in compliance with order setting the mandatory scheduling conference. 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. The parties shall show cause in writing no later than September 10, 2024 why 3 monetary sanctions should not issue for the failure to file a joint scheduling report 4 as required by the May 6, 2024 order (ECF No. 3.); and 5 2. Failure to comply with this order will result in the issuance of sanctions. 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. FA. Se g Dated: _ September 6, 2024 9 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28