Wesley Sinnathamby v. Michael Duane Inscore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WESLEY SINNATHAMBY, CV 20-8930 DSF (MRWx) Plaintiff,

v. ORDER RE NOTICE OF

UNAVAILABILITY

MICHAEL DUANE INSCORE, et al., Defendants.

On August 19, 2021, defense counsel filed a document titled Notice of Unavailability of Counsel. This Court’s Standing Order, filed in this case on September 30, 2020, provides: 16. ANotice of Unavailability@ While the Court expects that counsel will conduct themselves appropriately and will not deliberately schedule Court or other proceedings when opposing counsel are unavailable, a ANotice of Unavailability@ has no force or effect in this Court and should not be filed. The filing of such a document may result in sanctions. The filing of the Notice of Unavailability violates this Court’s Standing Order. To the extent the Notice was meant to communicate with the Court, it is inappropriate. Counsel lacks the authority to usurp the Court’s control of its own docket. The Court cannot keep track of the hundreds of counsel who have matters before it at any point in time to be sure it sets no matters that are inconvenient for one of them. Should the Court set a…