Hurtado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ELIA GIL HURTADO, Case No. 1:22-cv-00206-ADA-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO PAY

SANCTIONS OF $100 PER DAY

v. (Doc. 25) FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Defendant. 16 On January 18, 2022, Plaintiff Eila Gil Hurtado (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action against Defendant Ford Motor Company (“Defendant”) in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Kern. (Doc. 1). Defendant removed this action to this Court on February 17, 2022. Id. On June 20, 2023, consistent with the assigned district judge’s standing order,1 the Court ordered the parties to meet and confer and file a joint report identifying dates of mutual availability to convene for settlement conference. (Doc. 15). Because the parties did not timely comply with the Court’s order, on July 5, 2023, the Court issued an order to show cause in writing why sanctions should not be imposed. (Doc. 16). The parties filed a response to the order to show cause but failed to demonstrate the untimely filing was the…