Acevedo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCO ACEVEDO, Case No. 1:20-cv-01440-JLT-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING COUNSEL FOR

PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED

FOR FAILURE TO PAY SANCTIONS

RUSSELL CELLULAR, INC.,

JULY 18, 2022 DEADLINE

Defendant.

15 Plaintiff Marco Acevedo initiated this action in state court on September 8, 2020. (ECF No. 1-3.) On October 8, 2020, Defendant Russell Cellular, Inc. removed the action to this Court. (ECF No. 1.) On May 19, 2021, the Court stayed this matter to allow the parties to participate in arbitration. (ECF No. 15.) Since then, the parties, though primarily Plaintiff through counsel Michael Freiman (“Counsel” or “Mr. Freiman”), failed to demonstrate diligence in moving this case forward through arbitration, and failed to timely or appropriately submit status reports or otherwise respond to the Court’s orders. The Court issued numerous orders to show cause, and imposed monetary sanctions on Plaintiff and Counsel. (See ECF…