Bissat

I. BACKGROUND

18 On November 12, 2021, Plaintiff Rashid Bissat filed the complaint in this action. (Doc. 19 1). Defendant City of Visalia filed its answer on March 4, 2022. (Doc. 8). On December 19, 20 2022, the Court set a Settlement Conference for May 11, 2023, and issued an “Order re 21 Settlement Conference.” (Docs. 14, 15). The order required the parties to submit a confidential 22 settlement statement to the Court no later than fourteen days before the conference date. (Doc. 23 15 at 2). The Court did not receive a statement from Plaintiff. 24 The Court received Defendant’s confidential statement in a timely manner. The statement 25 stated that Plaintiff had not responded to Defendant’s attempts to meet and confer as required by 26 the Court’s order. The parties were also required to appear for a pre-settlement telephonic 27 discussion with the undersigned on May 4, 2023. (See id. at 4). Defendant appeared, but Plaintiff 28 1 did not appear. 2 On May 8, 2023, the Court issued the First Order to Show Cause (Doc. 17) requiring 3 Plaintiff to demonstrate why the Court should not issue sanctions for failing to comply with the 4 order (Doc. 15). Plaintiff’s…