ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR

ERICA P. GROSJEAN, Magistrate Judge.

On January 31, 2019, Defendant BNSF Railway Company removed this case from Stanislaus County Superior Court. (ECF No. 1.) The Court set an initial scheduling conference in the case for January 31, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. (ECF No. 2.) The parties were instructed that attendance at the scheduling conference was mandatory. (Id. at 2 ("Attendance at the Scheduling Conference is mandatory for all parties. Parties may appear by their counsel, if represented. If a party is not represented by counsel, they must appear personally at the Scheduling Conference.").) The parties were also advised: "Should counsel or a party appearing pro se fail to appear at the Mandatory Scheduling Conference . . . contempt sanctions, including monetary sanctions, dismissal, default, or other appropriate judgment, may be imposed and/or ordered." (Id. at 7.) Plaintiff was also provided instructions on how to attend the scheduling conference. (Id. at 1, 2.)

The Court held the initial scheduling conference in this case on January 31, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. Cori Michael Day appeared telephonically for Defendant BNSF Railway Company.1 Plaintiff Dana Gray Sauceda2 failed to appear for the hearing and did not file any request for a continuance or otherwise notify the Court that she would not be able to appear.

Accordingly, the Court orders that Plaintiff Dana Gray Sauceda show cause why sanctions, up to and including dismissal of her case, should not be issued for failure to comply with this Court's orders and failure to prosecute.

No later than February 28, 2019, Plaintiff Dana Gray Sauceda is ORDERED file a written response to this Order to Show Cause indicating whether she intends to participate in this action and to explain her failure to appear at the initial scheduling conference on January 31, 2019.

Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to respond to this Order as set forth above may result in the dismissal of her case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.