Hearn
Hearn v. City of Bakersfield
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MATTHEW ALAN HEARN, Case No. 1:22-cv-00668-CDB
Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO PAY
SANCTIONS OF $100 PER DAY
v. (Doc. 45) CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.
Defendants. 16 On December 14, 2021, Plaintiff Matthew Alan Hearn (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Kern. (Doc. 1). Defendants removed this action to this Court on June 2, 2022. Id. On March 8, 2023, the Court issued a scheduling order that, among other things, set a mid- discovery status conference for September 21, 2023, and required the parties to file a joint status report no later than one week before the conference. (Doc. 42). On September 14, 2023, the date the joint status report was due, Defendants filed a status report. (Doc. 44). In that report, counsel for Defendants noted he attempted to confer with Plaintiff regarding a draft report but received no response. Id. On September 15, 2023, the Court issued an order for Plaintiff…