Crosthwaite et al v. Paul T. Beck Contractors, Inc

Filing 31

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 4/29/2011 10:00 AM. Show Cause Response due by 4/22/2011.. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on 4/13/2011. (sclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/13/2011)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GIL CROSTHWAITE, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.

For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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PAUL T. BECK CONTRACTORS, INC.,
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Defendant.

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) Case No. 10-151 SC
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) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
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On February 14, 2011, the Court ordered Defendant Paul T. Beck

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Contractors, Inc. ("Defendant") to show cause for its failure to

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inform Plaintiffs Gil Crosthwaite, et al. ("Plaintiffs") of the

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status of the receivership in violation of a November 9, 2010 court

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order.

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that limited discovery was required to determine Defendant's

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current assets and which assets had been transferred to creditors

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by the receiver.

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proposed discovery order.

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9, 2011; the Court granted it on March 16, 2011, directing

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Defendant to provide responses to interrogatories "forthwith."

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Nos. 28, 29 ("March 16, 2011 Order").

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ECF No. 21.

At the show-cause hearing, Plaintiffs argued

The Court instructed Plaintiffs to submit a
Plaintiffs filed such an order on March

ECF

On April 1, 2011, Plaintiffs filed a status update in which
they allege Defendant had failed to respond to the interrogatories.

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ECF No. 30.

Defendant has not responded to this status update.

By failing not once, but twice, to comply with this Court's

resources of the Court and delayed the prosecution of this action.

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Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Defendant's counsel to show cause in

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writing no later than April 22, 2011 why Defendant and/or

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Defendant's counsel should not be sanctioned for failure to comply

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with the Court's March 16, 2010 Order.

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scheduled for April 29, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 1, on the

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United States District Court

orders, Defendant and its counsel have wasted the time and

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For the Northern District of California

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17th floor, U.S. Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco,

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California 94102.

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The show-cause hearing is

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER WILL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT
GROUNDS FOR SANCTIONS.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 13, 2011
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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