1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 RAFAEL ARROYO, JR., Case No. 21-cv-08778-JST

8 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. 9 Re: ECF No. 19 10 QUACH, INC., Defendant. 11

12 13 Plaintiff Rafael Arroyo, Jr. served his complaint on Defendant Quach, Inc. in this case on 14 December 26, 2021. Under General Order 56, the parties were therefore required to complete a 15 joint site inspection by February 24, 2022. See id. ¶ 7. The parties did not comply with that 16 deadline. See ECF No. 19. Instead, on March 9, 2022 – almost two weeks after the deadline 17 passed – they filed a request to forego the joint inspection. Id. The Court has already frequently 18 been required to address Plaintiff’s counsel’s failure to comply with Court deadlines. See, e.g., 19 Johnson v. Silvercreek Yuba I, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-05907; Johnson v. Gamba, Case No. 21-cv- 20 06708; Whitaker v. Sugarman, Case No. 4:21-cv-07308; Johnson v. T&V Investment, Inc., Case 21 No. 21-cv-09162. 22 The parties are ordered to show cause in writing by May 24, 2022, why sanctions should 23 not be imposed for failure to comply with the Court’s orders. See Civ. L.R. 1-4; Wang v. Nevada 24 Sys. of Higher Educ., No. 3:18-CV-00075-MMD(CLB),

, at *4 (D. Nev. Jan. 10, 25 2022) (“Federal courts have the inherent power to punish conduct which abuses the judicial 26 process, including accessing attorneys’ fees when a party has ‘acted in bad faith, vexatiously, 27 wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.’” (quoting Chambers v. NSDCO, Inc.,

, 45-46 1 The Court will conduct a show cause hearing on June 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 || Dated: March 15, 2022 . 4 JON S. TIGA 5 United States District Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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