IN RE MATTER OF SPENCER FREEMAN SMITH #236587

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Show Cause Response due by 5/30/2016.. Signed by Judge James Donato on 4/29/16. (lrcS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/2/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IN THE MATTER OF
Spencer Freeman Smith #236587

Case No. 15-mc-80127-JD

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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In the prior Order Discharging Order to Show Cause, the Court lifted its interim

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suspension of Mr. Smith’s membership in the bar of this Court pending the outcome of his

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criminal case in California state court. Dkt. No. 4. Mr. Smith was ordered, however, to “inform

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this Court in writing within 10 days in the event he should again be ‘convicted of a felony,

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suspended, disbarred or placed on disciplinary probation by any court.’” Id. (emphasis in original;

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quoting Civil Local Rule 11-7(a)).

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The Court has received notice that Mr. Smith was suspended by the State Bar Court

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following a criminal conviction effective February 22, 2016. Additionally, the docket shows that

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as of April 12, 2016, Mr. Smith was also suspended by the Ninth Circuit. Dkt. No. 5. But

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Mr. Smith has not filed any notice with this Court, which is a violation of the Court’s prior order.

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Dkt. No. 4.

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Effective the date of this order, Mr. Smith’s membership in the bar of this Court is

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suspended on an interim basis pursuant to Civil Local Rule 11-7(b)(1). On or before May 30,

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2016, Mr. Smith may file a response meeting the requirements of Civil Local Rule 11-7(b)(2)

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showing cause why a suspension or disbarment order should not be entered.

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The Court will enter an order of suspension or disbarment if no timely response is
received.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 29, 2016

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JAMES DONATO
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IN RE MATTER OF SPENCER FREEMAN
SMITH #236587,
Plaintiff,

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

v.

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Case No. 15-mc-80127-JD

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Defendant.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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That on May 2, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing
said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by
depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery
receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

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Spencer Freeman Smith
Smith Patten
221 Main Street
Suite 740
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Dated: May 2, 2016

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Susan Y. Soong
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable JAMES DONATO

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