Gonzalez v. San Mateo County

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 ADOLFO GONZALEZ et al., 12 Case No. 3:19-cv-00736-VC (LB) Plaintiffs, 13 SANCTIONS ORDER v. 14 Re: ECF No. 116 SAN MATEO COUNTY et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 The parties dispute whether the court should sanction the plaintiffs for failing to attend their 19 Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), in violation of the court’s previous order requiring the 20 plaintiffs to complete them by February 3, 2021.1 The timing matters because the defendants’ 21 summary-judgment…