Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 ADOLFO GONZALEZ et al., Case No. 3:19-cv-00736-VC (LB) Plaintiffs, SANCTIONS ORDER v. Re: ECF No. 116 SAN MATEO COUNTY et al., 15 Defendants.

INTRODUCTION The parties dispute whether the court should sanction the plaintiffs for failing to attend their Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), in violation of the court’s previous order requiring the plaintiffs to complete them by February 3, 2021.1 The timing matters because the defendants’ summary-judgment motion must be filed on April 22, 2021.2 Possible sanctions include terminating sanctions for the claim involving intentional infliction of emotional distress (claim five) and $5,181 in costs that the defendants incurred when the plaintiffs did not show up for their scheduled IMEs. The court sanctions the plaintiffs personally for the costs that the County actually incurred,…