Pavel Raskin v. Kilolo Kijakazi

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