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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH LAKE, No. 2:19–cv–1439–DAD–KJN Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. CITY OF VALLEJO, et al., Defendants. 16 Currently pending before the undersigned is a motion to compel production of a Rule 30(b)(6) deponent (ECF No. 141) and motion for reconsideration of the court’s prior order denying an extension of fact discovery (ECF No. 142). These matters were filed on October 30, 2023, and set for a hearing on November 28, 2023, before the undersigned.1 Plaintiff is now ordered to show cause, by November 21, 2023, why sanctions should not issue for counsel’s repeated failure to follow the court’s orders and local rules. /// /// /// ///

1 These motions are referred to the undersigned by operation of Local Rule 302(c)(1). Discussion In August of 2023, the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss in part. Therein, the district judge found this case would proceed on three claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983…