ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ et al v. OCEANSIDE INVESTMENTS, INC. et al

Filing 87

ORDER FOR MATTHEW MELLEN AND SARAH SHAPERO TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 1/29/2018. Signed by Judge Maria-Elena James on 1/25/2018. (mejlc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/25/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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ORDER FOR MATTHEW MELLEN
AND SARAH SHAPERO TO SHOW
CAUSE

OCEANSIDE INVESTMENTS, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 15-cv-03453-MEJ

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The Court allowed the Mellen Law Firm to withdraw as Gable Jackson Payne’s counsel on

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the condition it continue to serve all filings on Mr. Payne and e-file proof of service thereof.

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Order, Dkt. No. 46 at 4. The Court issued orders on December 15, 2017 and January 9, 2018.

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Dkt. Nos. 85-86. The Court’s January 9 Order stated that

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[n]othing in the record indicates Counter-Claimant Gable Jackson
Payne’s former counsel served the Court’s [December 15] Order
upon him. See [Docket]; Dkt. No. 46 (requiring Payne’s former
counsel to serve “all papers from the Court” on him and requiring
counsel to “e-file proof of service” thereof). Payne’s former
counsel shall immediately file proof that Payne was timely
served with the Court’s December 15, 2017 Order, as well as this
Order.

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Dkt. No. 86 (emphasis added). As of the date of this Order, the Mellen Law Firm has not filed

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proof that it served Mr. Payne with the December 15 and January 9 Orders.1 See Docket.

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No later than January 29, 2018, Matthew Mellen and Sarah Shapero of the Mellen Law
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Firm shall file (1) proofs of service showing they promptly served Payne with the December 15
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and January 9 Orders, and (2) declarations showing cause why the Court should not sanction them
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Matthew Mellen and Sarah Shapero received notice of both Orders, as they were emailed by the
ECF System to their email addresses of record.

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for failing to do so in violation of two Court orders. The Court warns Mr. Mellen and Ms.

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Shapero that failure to timely respond shall result in the imposition of monetary and/or other

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sanctions.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 25, 2018
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MARIA-ELENA JAMES
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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