United States Of America et al v. Gillies

Filing 35

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 33 Report and Recommendations and FINDING RESPONDENT IN CONTEMPT. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/10/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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OAKLAND DIVISION
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and
ROBERT SCOTT, Revenue Officer,

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) No. CV-11-03623-CW
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) ORDER FINDING
) RESPONDENT IN CONTEMPT
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Petitioners,
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v.
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LAUGHLIN GILLIES,
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Respondent.
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Presently before the Court is Magistrate Judge James’s Report and Recommendation that

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the Respondent be held in contempt of court. (hereafter, “Recommendation,” Docket No. 31.)
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), any objection to a Magistrate Judge’s

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recommendation must be made within 14 days. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(1); 28 U.S.C. §

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636(b)(1)(B). No objection has been filed to date. The Court has reviewed the record of the

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proceedings before Magistrate Judge James and finds that Magistrate Judge James’s

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Recommendation should be adopted. See Civ. L.R. 72-3(c). Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS

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Judge James’s Recommendation.

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Accordingly, it is hereby:

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ORDERED that Respondent Laughlin Gillies is in contempt of this Court’s Order

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Enforcing Summons, and Respondent is fined $250 per day from this date until the date that he

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complies with the Order Enforcing Summons.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Respondent Laughlin Gillies complies with the

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Order Enforcing Summons within 21 days of this date, he will be purged of the $250 per day fine

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that might have accrued against him for is failure to comply with the Order Enforcing Summons.

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ORDERED this 10th day of April, 2012, at Oakland, California.

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CLAUDIA WILKEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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cc: MEJ

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[Proposed] Order Finding Respondent
in Contempt; No. CV-11-03623-CW

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