Nowell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM N. MOSELEY, JR., Case No. 1:22-cv-01258-ADA-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFFS TO PAY

SANCTIONS OF $100 PER DAY

v. (ECF Nos. 10, 11) JOHN B. NOWELL, et al.,

Defendants. 16 17 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs initiated this action on October 3, 2022. (ECF No. 1.) On the same date, summonses were issued to Defendants. (ECF No. 2.) On December 20, 2022, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to file a notice on the status of service on Defendants and whether the scheduling conference should be continued for an appropriate time, given no service documents were returned. (ECF No. 5.) Plaintiffs failed to timely respond, and an order to show cause was issued. (ECF No. 6.) On January 3, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a response to the order to show cause, in which counsel proffered he was taken away from the office due to a mental health emergency that arose in connection with an unrelated case and was unable to timely…