Cordero

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Irma Cordero, No. 2:19-cv-00653-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 This action is stayed under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a). See Prev. Order, ECF No. 16. In June 2020, this court directed the parties to file periodic joint status reports while the case was stayed. See id. The parties have not filed joint status reports as ordered. See Order to Show Cause (June 9, 2022), ECF No. 19; Min. Order (June 29, 2022), ECF No. 21; Order to Show Cause (Nov. 29, 2022), ECF No. 23. Nor have the parties adequately explained the status of their settlement negotiations and any related bankruptcy matters. For example, the most recent status report, which was filed by plaintiff only, refers to an executed settlement agreement but requests without explanation that the stay remain in place “pending formal resolution and dismissal of this action.”…