Pavel Raskin v. Kilolo Kijakazi

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAVEL RASKIN, ) Case No. CV 20-4482-JPR ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR 13 v. ) FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE ) TO OBEY COURT ORDERS 14 ANDREW M. SAUL, ) Commissioner of Social ) 15 Security, ) ) 16 Defendant. ) ) 17 On May 19, 2020, Plaintiff, through counsel Suzanne C. 18 Leidner, filed a Complaint challenging the denial of Social 19 Security disability benefits. The Court issued a case-management 20 order on May 29, 2020, setting various deadlines. On February 21 18, 2021, Defendant filed notice that Leidner had not 22 communicated a settlement proposal to him by the November 12, 23 2020 deadline and had not submitted Plaintiff’s portion of the 24 joint stipulation to him by January 14, 2021, as ordered. 25 Consequently, on February 26, 2021, after Plaintiff had 26 failed to respond to Defendant’s notice, the Court ordered 27 Leidner to show cause why the lawsuit should not be dismissed for 28 …