Castellanos

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 LUIS A. CASTELLANOS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01639-KES-CDB

9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE

10 v. IMPOSED FOR PARTIES’ FAILURE TO

COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER

11 HARDER MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, (Docs. 1-2) 12 Defendant. 21-DAY DEADLINE 13

14 15 On February 12, 2024, the Court ordered the parties to file a joint scheduling report at 16 least one week in advance of the scheduling conference, set for May 13, 2024 See (“Order 17 Setting Mandatory Scheduling Conference,” Doc. 6). 18 On May 7, 2024, Defendant filed a scheduling report to which Plaintiff was not a party. 19 (Doc. 11). Aside from Defendant’s representation in the report that it “has been unable to” 20 discuss settlement with Plaintiff prior to filing the report, it is unclear to the Court whether 21 Defendant communicated or attempted to communicate with Plaintiff in connection with 22 preparing a joint report – an obligation reasonably implied in the Court’s direction that the…