Forte v. Hughes et al

Filing 118

REQUEST for U.S. Attorney's Office to Prosecute 117 Criminal Contempt, signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 1/20/2017. (The Court requests that the U.S. Attorney's Office inform the Court by 1/27/2017, whether it will prosecute this case and, if so, confirm attendance at the 2/17/2017 status conference.)(Gaumnitz, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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EUGENE FORTE,

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Plaintiff,

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1:13-cv-1980-LJO-MJS
REQUEST FOR U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
TO PROSECUTE CRIMINAL CONTEMPT

v.
TIMOTHY SCHWARTZ,

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Defendant.

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The Court has ordered Plaintiff Eugene Forte to show cause why he should not be held in

13 criminal contempt for language contained in his filings and for violating a Court order. Pursuant to
14 Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 42(a)(2), the Court requests that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
15 Eastern District of California prosecute the contempt. The Court has set a status conference on February
16 17, 2017, at 11:00A.M., to schedule a substantive hearing on the matter in the future. The Court requests
17 that the U.S. Attorney’s Office inform the Court by January 27, 2017, whether it will prosecute this case
18 and, if so, confirm attendance at the February 17, 2017 status conference.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 20, 2017
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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