Doe et al v. City and County of San Francisco et al

Filing 161

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 1/10/2012 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Thelton Henderson on 1/4/2012. (tehlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/4/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JANE DOE and ANNE RASKIN,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO, et al.,

NO. C10-04700 TEH
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD
NOT BE IMPOSED

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Defendants.
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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On December 19th, 2011, there was a pretrial conference held in this case. At the
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pretrial conference, the parties were ordered by this Court to meet and confer on the matter of
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jury instructions, and proposed verdict forms. The parties were further ordered to either
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agree upon verdict forms, or, in the event they could not agree, to submit competing versions
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to the Court for consideration. These filings were to be submitted by Friday, December 23,
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2011.
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On December 23rd, Plaintiffs submitted no fewer than fourteen proposed verdict
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forms. Defendants submitted nothing.
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It was not until January 3, 2012 that Defendants made a filing related to verdict forms.
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This filing was not actually a proposed verdict form, but a list of objections to the numerous
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forms submitted by plaintiffs.
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The failure to make any filing at all prior to January 3, 2011, and to file a cursory and
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noncompliant document on January 3, 2012, a full ten days after the filings were due, is a
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significant failure. Counsel was given a direct order by this Court, and did not follow that
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order whatsoever.
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Accordingly, the Court hereby orders Larry Hecimovich, counsel for Defendants, to
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show cause why sanctions should not be imposed. This matter will be heard on January
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1 10th, 2012, at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, San Francisco U.S. District Court at
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7 Dated: 1/4/2012
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THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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