O'Brien

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LUKE O’BRIEN, et al., Case No. 24-cv-02279-AMO

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER ISSUING SANCTIONS;

9 v. ORDER TO APPEAR

10 AMTRUST NORTH AMERICA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 59 Defendants. 11

12 13 On June 24, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to file a response to Defendant AmTrust 14 North America’s motion to enforce settlement. See ECF 58, ECF 59. The Court set a deadline of 15 noon on Monday, June 30, 2025, and warned, “Failure to timely respond will result in personal 16 sanctions for counsel.” ECF 59. Plaintiffs did not comply: no response was filed. 17 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f) provides that, on its own motion, “the court may 18 issue any just orders . . . if a party or its attorney: . . . (C) fails to obey a scheduling or other 19 pretrial order.” Indeed, “federal courts have inherent power to impose monetary or other sanctions 20 in order to control the conduct of the proceedings, protect the ‘orderly administration of justice, 21 and to maintain ‘the authority…