Mansfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PHILOMENA G. MCGEE and No. 2:21-cv-2216-KJM-KJN PS DONALD M. BIRD, No. 2:22-cv-1456-KJM-KJN PS 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS 13 v. 14 KIMBERLY MANSFIELD, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs filed these actions alleging multiple claims against officers of the California Department of Justice related to an April 2021 search and seizure at plaintiffs’ residence. (ECF No. 1 in both 2:22-cv-1456 and 2:21-cv-2216.) The court stayed both cases pending the resolution of criminal charges filed against plaintiff Bird. The parties were ordered to confer and file a joint statement within 30 days of the resolution of the charges. (2:22-cv-1456, ECF No. 6; 2:21-cv-2216, ECF No. 9.) Plaintiffs refused to do so. The court ordered plaintiffs to show cause as to why sanctions should not issue for repeated failures to follow orders. (ECF No. 20.) Plaintiffs have continuously engaged in misconduct, both in the original and the related cases (as detailed below) that…