Hopson v. Big Boy Markets, Inc. et al

Filing 17

ORDER IMPOSING MONETARY SANCTIONS signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 4/27/2015 ORDERING 16 Daniel Malakauskas, Esq. is SANCTIONED $400.00. This sanction shall be paid to the Clerk of this Court no later than 4:00 PM on 5/1/2015, by a check made payable to the "United States Treasury." Proof of payment shall be filed within 5 days of payment. This sanction is personal to counsel and shall not be transmitted to counsel's client. (Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CYNTHIA HOPSON,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-02274-GEB-AC

v.
BIG BOY MARKETS, INC.; ARTHUR
TOY AND PATRICIA TOY TRUST;
and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

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ORDER IMPOSING MONETARY
SANCTIONS

Defendants.

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An Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) filed April 14, 2015,1

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directed Plaintiff to explain in a writing to be filed no later

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than April 20, 2015, why sanctions should not be imposed against

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her and/or her counsel for the failure to file a timely status

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report. (OSC, ECF No. 16.) No response to the OSC has been filed.

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Since Plaintiff’s counsel failed to respond to the OSC

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and failed to file a timely status report without justification,

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Daniel

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($400.00). This sanction shall be paid to the Clerk of this Court

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no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 1, 2015, by a check made payable

Malakauskas,

Esq.

is

sanctioned

four

hundred

dollars

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This was the third OSC that issued as a result of Plaintiff failing to
timely file a status report. (See ECF Nos. 6, 8.)

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to the “United States Treasury.” Proof of payment shall be filed

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within five (5) days of payment. This sanction is personal to

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counsel and shall not be transmitted to counsel’s client.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 27, 2015

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