State Bar of California v. Everett

Filing 52

ORDER RE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME granting 50 Motion for Extension of Time to File. (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 11/21/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 18-05879

v.

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Case No. 17-01716

DANIEL EVERETT,
Defendant.

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ORDER RE REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME
Re: Dkt. No. 50

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Plaintiff filed an administrative motion to consider whether State Bar of California v. Daniel
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Everett, No. 4:18-cv-05879-SBA (filed on September 25, 2018) should be related to the present case

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(17-cv-01716-SI). The motion was filed on October 5, 2018. Dkt. No. 46. Pursuant to Civil Local

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Rule 7-11(b), defendant’s opposition was due no later than October 9, 2018.

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Defendant has since filed two successive requests for additional time to respond to plaintiff’s

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motion. Dkt. Nos. 47, 50. The Court hereby GRANTS defendant’s request. Defendant is to file a

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response by Monday, November 26, 2018.

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The Court notes that defendant has now filed for, and been granted, four requests for
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extensions of time in this case. Dkt. Nos. 17, 33, 47, 50.1 Defendant is reminded that the Court

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This Court has remanded defendant’s case to the California State Bar Court on three
separate occasions, in three separate actions. 17-CV-01716, Dkt. No. 21; 17-CV-03595, Dkt. No.
32; 18-CV-00051, Dkt. No. 11. In addition, the Ninth Circuit summarily denied defendant’s motion
to stay this Court’s remand Order. 17-CV-01716, Dkt. No. 43 (“A review of the record and the
opening brief indicates that the questions raised in this appeal are so insubstantial as not to require
further argument.”).
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may issue sanctions for bad faith conduct, including delaying or disrupting litigation. See Chambers

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v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 45-46 (1991); see also Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678, 689 n.14 (1978).

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The Court is not inclined to grant any additional requests.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 21, 2018

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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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