Ally Bank et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Filing 588

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS AGAINST DEFENDANT JAMES C. CASTLE AND COUNSEL ANN MCFARLAND DRAPER. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for Friday, 2/14/2014 09:01 AM. All other parties appearances are waived. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 2/11/2014. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/11/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al,

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Plaintiffs,
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Case No.: 11-CV-896 YGR
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS
AGAINST DEFENDANT JAMES C. CASTLE AND
COUNSEL ANN MCFARLAND DRAPER

vs.
JAMES C. CASTLE AKA J. CHRISTOPHER
CASTLE, et al,

Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Defendants.
TO DEFENDANT JAMES C. CASTLE AKA J. CHRISTOPHER CASTLE (“CASTLE”) AND HIS
COUNSEL OF RECORD, ANN MCFARLAND DRAPER (“DRAPER”):

You are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why you should not be sanctioned in the amount of

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$250.00 for failure to comply with this Court’s oral order on January 13, 2013, and written order of

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January 27, 2014 (Dkt. No. 579) and for failure to appear at the compliance hearing held February 7,

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2014, at 9:01 a.m. Hearing on the Order to Show Cause is set for Friday, February 14, 2014, at

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9:01 a.m. in Courtroom 5, Federal District Court, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland. The hearing will only

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be continued upon independent verification that Draper is physically in session in a jury trial in

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another courthouse. All other parties’ appearances are waived.

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At the case management conference held on January 13, 2014, the Court directed Draper,

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counsel for Castle, to submit to the Court the stipulated protective order, agreed upon by the parties

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present and essential to the resolution of pending discovery disputes, no later than Friday, January

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17, 2014. Draper failed to do so.

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The Court then issued its January 27, 2014 Order requiring the parties to submit, no later than

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January 31, 2014: (a) a proposed form of stipulated protective order; or (b) a joint status report on the

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stipulated protective order. The January 27 Order also set a compliance hearing for February 7,

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2014, at 9:01 a.m. The parties failed to submit a written response prior to the compliance hearing.

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While counsel for Plaintiffs, counsel for Defendant Prudential Realty, and pro se Defendant Evan

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Timmel appeared at the compliance hearing, Draper failed to appear or to request to appear by

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phone.

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Thus, Draper and Castle have failed to comply with multiple Court Orders and Draper’s

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conducted has resulted in the unnecessary appearances of other parties. Moreover, the January 27,

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2014 Order warned the parties that failure to comply could result in imposition of sanctions.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: February 11, 2014

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Northern District of California

United States District Court

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