Anderson v. Kelso

Full title: SAMUEL ANDERSON, Plaintiff, v. J. CLARK KELSO, et al., Defendants.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: May 23, 2013

2:12-cv-0261 MCE KJN P (E.D. Cal. May. 23, 2013)

Opinion

SAMUEL ANDERSON, Plaintiff, v. J. CLARK KELSO, et al., Defendants. No. 2:12-cv-0261 MCE KJN P United States District Court, E.D. California. May 23, 2013

          ORDER

          KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

         On May 23, 2013, a hearing was held regarding defendants' motions to compel and to modify the scheduling order. Scott Foley appeared on behalf of defendants. Plaintiff's counsel, Chijioke Ikonte, failed to appear.

         Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within seven days of the date of this order, plaintiff's counsel shall show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to appear at the May 23, 2013 hearing; plaintiff's counsel shall also inform the court of his availability to personally appear at a hearing before the undersigned on June 27, 2013, July 11, 2013 or July 18, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.¹ At this hearing, to be set following receipt of counsel's response to this order, the court will address the order to show cause, defendants' pending motions and plaintiff's motion for extension of time to conduct discovery, filed May 1, 2013.

1 Preferably counsel is available on all of those dates, and the court will select one for the next hearing.