ProAssurance Specialty Insurance Company v. Ansari

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
PROASSURANCE SPECIALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
NAJEEB K. ANSARI,
Defendant.
Case No. 1:25-cv-01207-SAB
ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO SHOW
CAUSE IN WRITING WHY MONETARY
SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT ISSUE FOR
FAILURE TO FILE JOINT SCHEDULING
REPORT
ORDER CONTINUING INITIAL
SCHEDULING CONFERENCE
DEADLINE: JANUARY 9, 2026
A scheduling conference is set for January 6, 2026, in this matter. (ECF No. 5.) The
parties were ordered to file a joint scheduling report one full week prior to the scheduling
conference. (Id. at 2.) No joint report has been filed in this action.
Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these
Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all
sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to
control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate,
including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir.
2000).
The Court shall require the parties to show cause why monetary sanctions should not

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issue for the failure to file a joint report in compliance with order setting the mandatory
scheduling conference.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The parties shall show cause in writing no later than January 9, 2026, why
monetary sanctions should not issue for the failure to file a joint scheduling report
as required by the September 15, 2025 order (ECF No. 5);
2. In light of the forgoing, the initial scheduling conference is CONTINUED to
January 20, 2026, at 11:30 a.m.;
3. A joint statement regarding the initial scheduling conference shall be filed one (1)
week prior to the scheduling conference; and
4. Failure to comply with this order will result in the issuance of sanctions.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 5, 2026
STANLEY A. BOONE
United States Magistrate Judge