Butler v. Fonseca et al

Filing 15

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND VACATING HEARING. Show Cause Response by Plaintiff is due by 12/11/2013. The Court VACATES the January 14, 2014 hearing date. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 12/4/13. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service, # 2 Certificate/Proof of Service, # 3 Certificate/Proof of Service, # 4 Certificate/Proof of Service)(fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/4/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHAVON BUTLER aka Suki Lee,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Plaintiff,

Case No.: 13-CV-4977 YGR
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND VACATING
HEARING

v.
HASLEY FONSECA, et al.,
Defendants.

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This Order Also Relates to:
Case No. 13-cv-4978
Case No. 13-cv-5165
Case No. 13-cv-5166

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In a five-week period spanning from September 26 to November 1, 2013, pro se Plaintiff

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Shavon Butler, aka Suki Lee, filed at least four separate civil lawsuits in the California Superior

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Court for Santa Clara County, seeking a total of over $800 billion in damages. In her four

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complaints, Plaintiff alleges a plot to injure her which implicates famous entertainers, household-

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name corporations, several television networks, the Mafia, and the President of the United States.

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Among the named defendants are Social Security workers who, it is alleged, aided in the plot by

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delaying Plaintiff's benefits determination and thereby causing her to be unable to move out of her

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apartment. Plaintiff also named a United States Post Office as a defendant, for allegedly allowing

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certain entertainers to work at the post office under false identities and steal Plaintiff's mail. These

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defendants being federal officers sued under state law for acts taken under color of office, the

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United States Attorney appeared on their behalf and, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1442, removed the

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four cases in which they were named to this Court. The undersigned judge related all four cases on

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November 25, 2013. (Case No. 13-cv-4977, Dkt. No. 13 ("November 25 Order").)

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Between November 1 and November 12, 2013—that is, after removal to federal court but

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before the cases were related—at least one defendant in each case filed a motion to dismiss. The

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Court's November 25 Order required the moving defendants to renotice their motions to dismiss for

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hearing before the undersigned on January 14, 2014. By November 27, 2013, at least one of the

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moving defendants in each case had complied.

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The Court's November 25 Order changed the motions' hearing date but expressly left
undisturbed all other briefing deadlines. The last deadline for Plaintiff to oppose any of the

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pending motions to dismiss was November 29, 2013. That date has passed without Plaintiff

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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opposing any of the motions or otherwise entering an appearance before this Court.

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Accordingly, Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why her four lawsuits should

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not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff must file a written response to this Order no later

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than Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Failure to do so will result in the immediate dismissal of

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her lawsuits.

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The Court hereby VACATES the January 14, 2014 hearing date. Pursuant to Civil Local
Rule 7-1(b), the motions will be determined, if necessary, without oral argument.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Date: December 4, 2013

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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