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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Aug. 27, 2020

Johnson v. Essex Fox Plaza, L.P.

Judge
Alex Tse
Docket
3:18-cv-06843
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Johnson v. Starbucks, Judge Tse ordered the parties to file a joint status report by September 4, 2020.

Who this affects

Scott Johnson and Starbucks Corporation, who were ordered to file a joint status report.

What happened

In Scott Johnson v. Starbucks Corporation, the court had stayed the case while two similar appeals were pending in the Ninth Circuit. The appeals were decided on June 17, 2020, and the appellate court issued its mandates on August 5, 2020.

The parties did not file the required joint status report within 14 days after the mandates. The court ordered them to file a joint report by Friday, September 4, 2020, describing any issues that remained in the case.

Judge Alex Tse warned that failing to comply could lead to monetary sanctions, dismissal, entry of judgment, or another appropriate sanction. The order did not decide the underlying claims.

The detailed version

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Case
Johnson v. Essex Fox Plaza, L.P. · No. 3:18-cv-06843
Judge
Alex Tse
Date
Aug. 27, 2020

Background

On June 20, 2019, the court granted Scott Johnson's unopposed request to stay the case while the Ninth Circuit considered appeals in two similar cases. The stay order required the parties to file a joint status report within 14 days after those appeals were resolved, identifying any issues remaining in this matter.

The Ninth Circuit issued decisions in both appeals on June 17, 2020. The court's order states that the appellate court affirmed grants of summary judgment for the defendants in those cases. The dockets showed that the Ninth Circuit issued its mandate in each appeal on August 5, 2020. More than 14 days passed without the parties filing the required joint status report.

Order

The court ordered the parties to file, by Friday, September 4, 2020, a joint report summarizing any issues remaining in Scott Johnson v. Starbucks Corporation. The court stated that failure to comply could be grounds for monetary sanctions, dismissal, entry of judgment, or another appropriate sanction.

Judge Alex Tse's order addressed case management and compliance with the earlier stay order. It did not decide the merits of the underlying claims or state that the case was dismissed or that judgment was entered.

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