Johnson v. Camino Group LLC
- Jon Tigar
- 4:21-cv-09336
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Johnson v. Camino Group LLC, Judge Tigar ordered the parties to explain why sanctions should not follow their missed site-inspection deadline.
Scott Johnson, Camino Group LLC and the other defendants, and potentially the parties’ counsel, because the court required explanations concerning the missed site-inspection deadline and possible sanctions.
What happened
In Johnson v. Camino Group LLC, Scott Johnson served the defendants with his complaint on January 1, 2022. The parties were required to complete a joint site inspection by March 2, 2022, but did not meet that deadline.
The parties instead asked to skip the inspection one week after the deadline passed. The court ordered them to explain in writing by May 24, 2022, why sanctions should not be imposed for failing to follow the court’s orders.
Judge Tigar also scheduled a show-cause hearing for June 7, 2022. The opinion does not impose sanctions; it orders the parties to explain why sanctions should not be imposed.
The detailed version
- Johnson v. Camino Group LLC · No. 4:21-cv-09336
- Jon Tigar
- Mar. 10, 2022
Background
Scott Johnson served his complaint on the defendants on January 1, 2022. Under General Order 56, the parties had to complete a joint site inspection by March 2, 2022. They did not meet that deadline. One week later, they filed a request to skip the joint inspection.
The court also noted that it had frequently addressed failures by Johnson and his counsel to comply with court deadlines, and it listed several related cases.
Order
The court issued an order to show cause, meaning it required the parties to explain why a particular action should not be taken. Here, the parties had to provide written explanations by May 24, 2022, explaining why sanctions should not be imposed for failing to comply with the court’s orders. The court referred to its authority to punish conduct that abuses the judicial process, including potentially awarding attorneys’ fees for bad-faith or oppressive conduct.
The court scheduled a show-cause hearing for June 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. The opinion does not state that sanctions were imposed.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.