Gonzalez v. Amazon.com Services LLC

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CASSANDRA GONZALEZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-00325-CDB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER TO ATTORNEYS BRIGITTE MILLS AND CAMRON DOWLATSHAHI 13 v. TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED FOR 14 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER 15 Defendant. ORDER CONTINUING INITIAL 16 SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

17 TEN DAY-DEADLINE 18 19 This action was commenced by Plaintiff Cassandra Gonzalez in state court and removed 20 to this Court by Defendant Amazon.com Services LLC on March 18, 2024. (Doc. 1). Given that 21 neither of Plaintiffs’ noticed attorneys are registered to practice before this Court, on March 19 22 and March 20, 2024, the Clerk of the Court directed attorneys Brigitte Mills and Camron 23 Dowlatshahi to register for admission with this Court. (Docs. 4, 5). These notices were emailed 24 to both counsel at their email addresses of record; separately, the notice to attorney Mills was 25 mailed to her law firm’s address along with the Court’s service of the case opening documents. 26 To date, Attorneys Mills and Dowlatshahi have failed to comply with the Court’s direction and 27 remain ineligible to prosecute this action given their failure to register for admissions. Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules 1 | or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all 2 | sanctions ... within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 3 | control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, 4 | including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 5 | 2000). 6 Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within ten (10) days of entry of 7 | this order, Attorneys Dowlatshahi and Mills shall show cause in writing why they should not be 8 || sanctioned for failing to timely register for admissions to this Court. Attorneys Dowlatshahi and 9 | Mills may comply with this order by timely filing either (1) a status report outlining why they 10 | failed to register for admissions, or (2) an application with the Clerk of the Court for admissions. 11 Plaintiff is admonished that counsel’s failure to timely respond to and comply with 12 | this Order to Show Cause may result in dismissal of this action or other appropriate 13 | sanction. 14 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, based on counsel for Plaintiff's failure to apply for 15 | admissions to this Court, that the Initial Scheduling Conference set for June 13, 2024, is 16 || rescheduled for June 26, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. 17 | IT IS SO ORDERED. 'S | Dated: _May 31, 2024 | br Pr 19 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28