Opinion
No. CIV. S-05-1398 LKK/DAD.
September 27, 2005
ORDER
The court is in receipt of defense counsel's request to reconsider imposition of sanctions. The court has reviewed the request.
Counsel provides no adequate explanation for the failure to file an answer and a status report. "[A] party who ignores any case management deadline does so at his own peril." Rushing v. Kansas City Southern Railway, 185 F.3d 496, 508 (5th Cir. 1999); cf. McKinnon v. Kwong Wah Restaurant, 84 F.3d 498, 504 (1st Cir. 1996) (where counsel was "aware of the pending legal problem, but hoped that it `would all go away,'" counsel did not demonstrate excusable neglect).
No good cause being shown, the request is DENIED. The court's order imposing sanctions is CONFIRMED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.