Nieto
Nieto v. Santa Clara University
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAURA NIETO, Case No. 20-cv-01887-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO
v. PLAINTIFF RE: FAILURE TO
PROSECUTE
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY,
Defendant.
On August 25, 2020—after Plaintiff Laura Nieto’s counsel withdrew and she proceeded in this action representing herself—the Court scheduled an initial case management conference for November 5, 2020, and ordered the parties to submit a jointly prepared case management conference statement by October 29, 2020. (Dkt. No. 17.) Defendant Santa Clara University filed a case management statement, whereas Ms. Nieto did not; in fact, Ms. Nieto refused to cooperate in the statement’s preparation. (Dkt. No. 21-1.) Ms. Nieto did not attend the November 5, 2020 case management conference due to illness. (Dkt. Nos. 24 at 1, 28-1 at 3 ¶ 9, 28-1 at 31.) Defendant attended the conference. On November 9, 2020, this Court issued a Show Cause Order requiring Ms. Nieto to cooperate with…