Larry v. G4S Secure Solutions Inc.

Filing 47

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO DIANE BERTRAM RE: CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR PURSUANT TO DEPOSITION SUBPOENA. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 3/7/2016. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/7/2016)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHARLEY LARRY, Plaintiff, 8 9 10 v. G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS INC., ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO DIANE BERTRAM RE: CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR PURSUANT TO DEPOSITION SUBPOENA Defendant. 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No. 15-cv-03062-JSC 12 13 On December 14, 2015, Plaintiff personally served non-party Diane Bertram with a 14 subpoena to testify for a deposition on December 17, 2015 in the above-captioned civil case. 15 (Dkt. Nos. 33-1 at 3, 11.) Ms. Bertram thereafter failed to appear for the noticed deposition. (Dkt. 16 No. 33-1 at 16.) Following her non-appearance, Plaintiff filed the now pending Ex Parte 17 Application for an Order to Show Cause re: Contempt. (Dkt. Nos. 33.) The Court issued an Order 18 directing any opposition to the ex parte application to be filed by January 29, 2016 and directing 19 Plaintiff to serve the Court’s Order on Ms. Bertram. (Dkt. No. 36.) Although the process server 20 made six attempts to serve Ms. Bertram with the Court’s Order at the same address that the 21 deposition subpoena had previously been served, the process server was unable to do so. (Dkt. 22 No. 38 ¶ 3.) 23 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(g), a party may seek an order to show cause as 24 to why a contempt citation should not issue if a person “fails without adequate excuse to object to 25 the subpoena or an order related to it.” A contempt citation shall issue if a person “fails without 26 adequate excuse” to respond. See Fed. Rule Civ. P. 45(g). Accordingly, the court issued an Order 27 to show cause requiring Ms. Bertram to appear and show cause on March 4, 2016 as to why she 28 should not be held in contempt. (Dkt. No. 41.) Ms. Bertram failed to appear as ordered. 1 Ms. Bertram shall be given one final opportunity to comply with the Court’s Order. Ms. 2 Bertram is ORDERED TO APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE in person on April 21, 2016 at 1:30 3 p.m., in Courtroom F, 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, California 94102, as to why she 4 should not be held in contempt for failing to appear for the deposition pursuant to Federal Rule of 5 Civil Procedure 45(g). If she fails to appear, she will be held in civil contempt. 6 7 The United States Marshal shall serve this Order on Ms. Bertram at XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX. XXXX, XXXXXXX, XX XXXXX. 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: March 7, 2016 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY United States Magistrate Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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