Vasquez v. Penske Logistics

Opinion

5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 LEONARDO GUZMAN VASQUEZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-01068-KES-SAB 9 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS 10 SHOW CAUSE FOR FAILING TO v. COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER 11 MARK ALBERT MORLOK, et al., AUGUST 20, 2025 DEADLINE 12 Defendants. 13 14 On July 2, 2025, the parties’ filed a stipulation to continue the initial scheduling 15 conference in this year-old action. (ECF No. 24.) As part of the justification for the stipulation, 16 Defendants indicated that an amended answer might be required. (ECF No. 24.) On July 3, 17 2025, the Court approved the stipulation and continued the initial scheduling conference to 18 September 9, 2025. (ECF No. 25.) In preparation of the scheduling conference, the Court 19 ordered that Defendants file wither (1) a stipulation regarding the filing of an amended answer 20 with a request to continue the conference (if necessary), or (2) some other notice on the status of 21 this action regarding the parties’ readiness to proceed into the scheduling conference no later 22 than August 14, 2025. (ECF No. 27.) Defendants failed to file a responsive document by the 23 deadline or otherwise request an extension of time to do so. 24 Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these 25 Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all 26 sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 27 control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 1 | 2000). 2 Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that no later than August 20, 2025, 3 | Defendants shall show cause in writing why they should not be sanctioned for failing to comply 4 | with the Court’s August 7, 2025 order to file a status report. Defendants are advised that filing 5 | dispositional documents without also filing documents showing cause in writing why 6 | sanctions should not issue does not constitute compliance with this order. Failure to comply 7 | with this order will result in the imposition of sanctions. 8 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. OF. a Se 19 | Dated: _ August 15, 2025 ; STANLEY A. BOONE 11 United States Magistrate Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28