Lundy v. Selene Finance, LP et al

Filing 75

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 4/13/2016. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 4/27/2016 at 2:00 PM. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on March 18, 2016. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/18/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOHN F. LUNDY,

Case No. 15-cv-05676-JST

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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SELENE FINANCE, LP, et al.,

Re: ECF No. 72

Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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On March 17, 2016, this Court held a motion hearing on two Motions to Dismiss and a

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Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens. ECF No. 72; see also ECF Nos. 26, 33, 28. Though the motions

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were properly noticed and Plaintiff responded to all three of them, Plaintiff did not appear at the

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hearing.

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Federal courts have inherent power to impose monetary or other sanctions in order to

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control the conduct of the proceedings, protect the “orderly administration of justice” and to

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maintain “the authority and dignity of the court.” Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper, 447 U.S. 752,

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764-67 (1980) (citations omitted). Accordingly, Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW

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CAUSE why monetary sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to appear at the March 17,

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2016 hearing. Should Plaintiff contest this order, a written response must be filed by April 13,

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2016. A hearing on this Order to Show Cause shall be held on April 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.,

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concurrent with the Initial Case Management Conference that has been scheduled, by separate

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order, for the same date and time. If monetary sanctions are imposed, they will be imposed

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against counsel.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 18, 2016
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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