Fetter v. Bonner, et al.,

Filing 103

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 11/30/16: Mr. Hassan is sanctioned in the amount of $1,000. This sum shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court no later than 21 days from the date of this order. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on the State Bar of California. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GEORGE FETTER,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:12-cv-2235-MCE-EFB

v.

ORDER

PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF, EDWARD
N. BONNER, individually and in his
Official Capacity, COUNTY OF PLACER,
CALIFORNIA FORENSICS MEDICAL
GROUP (CFMG), PLACER COUNTY
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, and DOES 1
through 20,

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Defendants.

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On January 29, 2016, the court order plaintiff’s counsel, Allen Hassan, State Bar Number

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104024, to pay defendants Edward Bonner, the Placer County Sherriff’s Office, and County of

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Placer the reasonable expenses they incurred in bringing a motion to compel discovery. ECF No.

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74; see ECF No. 64. The order provided that the sanction was personal to Mr. Hassan and was

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not to be passed on to his client in the form of attorney fees or costs. Mr. Hassan was therefore

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directed to notify his client in writing of the sanction order and to provide plaintiff with a copy of

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the order. Mr. Hassan was also ordered to file within 21 days a declaration that his client had

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been so informed. Id. at 2.

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Mr. Hassan failed to file a declaration attesting that his client has been apprised of the

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sanction order. Accordingly, on July 1, 2016, Mr. Hassan was order to show cause within 14

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days why further sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to comply with the court’s

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January 29, 2016 order. To date, Mr. Hassan has not responded to that order.

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As he has failed to show good cause for his complete disregard of two court orders, Mr.

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Hassan is sanctioned in the amount of $1,000. This sum shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court no

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later than 21 days from the date of this order. This sanction is personal to Mr. Hassan and is not

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to be passed on to his client in the form of attorney fees or costs. Mr. Hassan shall file an

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affidavit accompanying the payment of this sanction which states that it is paid personally by

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him, out of personal funds, and is not and will not be billed, directly or indirectly, to his clients or

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in any way made the responsibility of his clients as attorneys’ fees or costs and that his client has

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been so informed. Further, the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on the State Bar

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of California at the following address:

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State Bar of California
Intake Unit
845 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515
So Ordered.
DATED: November 30, 2016

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