Su v. Feinstein

Filing 16

ORDER discharging 13 Order to Show Cause. Plaintiff to file certificate of service by 12/31/15. ORDER vacating December 15, 2015 case management conference. The court will schedule an initial case management conference once the certificate of service is filed. Signed by Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 12/9/2015. (kawlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/9/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHANG GUI SU,

Case No. 15-cv-02435-KAW

Plaintiff,
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v.
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DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
Defendant.

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO
SHOW CAUSE; ORDER VACATING
12/15/15 CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
Re: Dkt. No. 13

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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On October 21, 2015, the Court issued an order to show cause to Plaintiff to explain why

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this case should not be dismissed for failure to complete service of the complaint within the period

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prescribed in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). (Dkt. No. 13.) On November 2, 2015,

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Plaintiff filed an untitled document that the undersigned will construe as a response to the order to

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show cause. (Dkt. No. 14.) Therein, Plaintiff stated that he mailed the lawsuit and related

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documents in early-June. Id. at 2. To date, however, Plaintiff has not filed a certificate of service.

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Accordingly, the order to show cause is discharged and Plaintiff is ordered to file a

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certificate of service on or before December 31, 2015. If Plaintiff cannot recall the date and all

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information concerning the June 2015 attempt to serve the complaint by mail, he should again

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serve all documents and file a certificate of service by December 31, 2015.

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Additionally, Plaintiff shall not file any other documents in a language other than English

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without an English translation. Should Plaintiff want the Court to consider any non-English

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documents previously filed, he shall file an English translation of the documents along with a

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declaration that this is a translation and reference the original document. Otherwise the Court will

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not consider the non-English documents filed.

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As Defendant has not been served, the Court VACATES the case management conference

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scheduled for December 15, 2015. The Court will schedule an initial case management

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conference once the certificate of service is filed.

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Following the correct court procedures is important, so Plaintiff may wish to contact the

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Federal Pro Bono Project’s Help Desk for assistance—a free service for pro se litigants—by

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calling [phone]. Plaintiff may also wish to consult a manual the court has adopted to assist

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pro se litigants in presenting their case. This manual, and other free information for pro se

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litigants, is available online at: http://cand.uscourts.gov/proselitigants.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 9, 2015
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KANDIS A. WESTMORE
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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