Bhutia

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 ANTHONY FREEMAN GUILLORY, No. 2:21-cv-0462 WBS AC P 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 TSHERING BHUTIA, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 After defendants’ motion for summary judgment was granted in part and denied in part, 17 the court issued a further scheduling order and a minute order setting the case for a settlement 18 conference for August 29, 2025, at 10:00AM before Magistrate Judge Sean C. Riordan via Zoom. 19 ECF Nos. 50, 51. Plaintiff failed to appear for the scheduled settlement conference. ECF No. 54. 20 At that time, defense counsel informed the court that they had not had any contact with plaintiff 21 prior to the settlement conference. Id. 22 On September 15, 2025, defendant Bhutia moved to vacate the scheduling order and 23 requested a status conference to discuss the schedule in light of plaintiff’s failure to participate in 24 the August 29, 2025, settlement conference, and defense counsel’s inability to contact plaintiff. 25 ECF No.…