ITC Textile Ltd v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc et al

Filing 192

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS: At the December 4, 2015 Pre-trial Conference, the Court ordered counsel to meet and confer and resolve the objections to the exhibits in the Pre-trial Exhibit Stipulation and, to the extent they were unable to reso lve those objections, to prepare a Joint Statement setting out the Exhibit Number and a description of the exhibit and the respective positions of counsel with regard to those objections. On December 20, 2015, counsel filed an Amended Pre-Trial Exhib it Stipulation (Docket No. 183 ) but failed to file the Court-ordered Joint Statement. Accordingly, counsel are ordered to show cause, in writing, on December 21, 2015 why lead counsel should not each be sanctioned in the amount of $1500 for f ailure to comply with the Court's order. In addition, counsel shall file the Joint Statement on December 21, 2015 and deliver the Court's bench copy of all trial exhibits to Chambers on December 21, 2015 by 3:00 p.m. (see order for for format of statement). (sr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL
Case No.

CV 12-2650-JFW (AJWx)

Title:

ITC Textile Ltd. -v- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., et al.

Date: December 21, 2015

PRESENT:
HONORABLE JOHN F. WALTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Shannon Reilly
Courtroom Deputy

None Present
Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFFS:
None
PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS):

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANTS:
None

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS

At the December 4, 2015 Pre-trial Conference, the Court ordered counsel to meet and
confer and resolve the objections to the exhibits in the Pre-trial Exhibit Stipulation and, to the
extent they were unable to resolve those objections, to prepare a Joint Statement setting out the
Exhibit Number and a description of the exhibit and the respective positions of counsel with regard
to those objections.
On December 20, 2015, counsel filed an Amended Pre-Trial Exhibit Stipulation [Docket No.
183] but failed to file the Court-ordered Joint Statement. Accordingly, counsel are ordered to show
cause, in writing, on December 21, 2015 why lead counsel should not each be sanctioned in the
amount of $1500 for failure to comply with the Court's order. In addition, counsel shall file the Joint
Statement on December 21, 2015 and deliver the Court's bench copy of all trial exhibits to
Chambers on December 21, 2015 by 3:00 p.m. The Joint Statement shall be in the following
format:
JOINT STATEMENT RE: OBJECTIONS IN PRE-TRIAL EXHIBIT STIPULATION
The parties were able to resolve the objections identified in the Pre-Trial Exhibit Stipulation
as to Exhibit Nos. [e.g., 11, 13, etc.]. The parties were not able to resolve the objections identified
in the Pre-Trial Exhibit Stipulation as to the following Exhibits:
Plaintiff’s Exhibit #39: [Description and identity of witness from stipulation ]
Defendants’ Grounds for the Objection : [Cite the grounds and authority for the
objection, e.g., Relevance under Fed. R. Evid. 401; Foundation under Fed. R. Evid. 901].

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Plaintiff’s Response to the Objection: [e.g., this document is relevant to the Plaintiff’s
first claim for relief because . . . .]
Defendants’ Response: [e.g., this document is not relevant to Plaintiff's first claim for relief
because . . . .]

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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