Weiskircher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 NATHANIEL WEISKIRCHER et al., No. 2:19–cv–2582–JAM–KJN 11 Plaintiffs, SANCTIONS ORDER & 12 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 13 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., (ECF Nos. 19 & 23) 14 Defendant. 15 On December 4, 2020, the court granted defendant’s motion to compel discovery from plaintiffs (ECF No. 19) and ordered plaintiffs’ counsel, Robert A. Heintz, to show cause within 14 days why monetary sanctions should not follow both for his failure to participate in preparing a joint statement of the discovery disagreement, and for failing to appear at the hearing on the motion to compel. (ECF No. 23.) That deadline has passed without a response from Mr. Heintz. Consequently, the court finds it appropriate to impose a monetary fine of $500.00 on Mr. Heintz personally, which is to be paid within 15 days of this order. See E.D. Cal. R. 110 (“Failure of counsel . . . to comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions . . . within the…