Ottolini v. City of Rohnert Park
- Edward Chen
- 3:19-cv-02851
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Ottolini v. City of Rohnert Park, Judge Chen ordered a response explaining why the case should not be dismissed after plaintiff missed a conference.
Eric Ottolini, identified as a plaintiff, was ordered to explain why the case should not be dismissed and to respond by November 22, 2022.
What happened
In Ottolini v. City of Rohnert Park, the plaintiff did not attend a scheduled case-management conference on November 8, 2022. The plaintiff also did not help prepare the required joint conference statement.
The court ordered the plaintiff to explain by November 22, 2022, why the case should not be dismissed for failing to move the case forward. The court did not dismiss the case in this order.
Judge Edward M. Chen issued the order on November 9, 2022.
The detailed version
- Ottolini v. City of Rohnert Park · No. 3:19-cv-02851
- Edward Chen
- Nov. 9, 2022
Background
The parties received notice of a case-management conference scheduled for November 8, 2022. According to the order, the plaintiff did not attend, even though opposing counsel tried to contact him. The plaintiff also did not participate in preparing the joint case-management conference statement, which the order says he was required to do.
Order
The court issued an order to show cause. This required the plaintiff to explain why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute, meaning failure to move the case forward. The plaintiff was ordered to respond by November 22, 2022.
Disposition
The court did not dismiss the case in this order. It ordered the plaintiff to provide an explanation by the stated deadline. Judge Edward M. Chen signed the order.
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