Willform

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY WILLFORM, et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-00989-DAD-SAB 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFFS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT v. BE IMPOSED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT SCHEDULING CONFERENCE CITY OF CERES, et al., THREE-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 15 A scheduling conference in this action was set for August 11, 2021 at 3:00 p.m., before the undersigned. (ECF No. 24.) Counsel for Plaintiffs, J. Michael Brown, failed to appear at the scheduling conference. Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party 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 inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 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…