DISH Network L.L.C. et al v. Barton Gerstel

Filing 30

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: Defendant to file a response to Plaintiffs 7/19/2016 unilateral discovery letter brief by 8/9/2016, and also explain why he should not be sanctioned for his failure to respond to the courts 7/20/2016 Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 8/2/16. (ig, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/2/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DISH NETWORK L.L.C., et al.,

Case No. 15-cv-04713-YGR (DMR)

Plaintiffs,
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v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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BARTON GERSTEL,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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On July 19, 2016, Plaintiffs DISH Network L.L.C., EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., and

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NagraStar LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a unilateral discovery letter brief moving the court

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to compel Defendant Barton Gerstel to respond to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First

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Set of Requests for Production, and to provide his initial disclosures required under Federal Rule

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of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(C). Plaintiffs’ Discovery Letter [Docket No. 28].

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On July 20, 2016, the court ordered Defendant to file a response to Plaintiffs’ unilateral

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discovery letter by July 29, 2016. July 20, 2016 Order to File Response [Docket No. 29]. The

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court also referred Defendant to the court’s resources for pro se litigants. Id.

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Defend has not filed a response. The co hereby o
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ourt
orders Defen
ndant to file a response

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to Plaintiffs’ Ju 19, 2016 unilateral discovery lett brief by A
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wh he should not be sanct
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respond to th court’s Ju 20, 2016 Order. If
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De
efendant does not respon or otherwi oppose th motion, P
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Plaintiffs’ mo
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De
efendant to re
espond to discovery and to provide h initial dis
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sclosures ma be granted
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De
efendant may also be san
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nctioned for failing to co mply with th court’s or
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rder.

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IT IS SO ORDER
S
RED.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Da
ated: August 2, 2016
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Donna M. Ryu
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Magistrate J
Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DISH NETWORK L.L.C., et al.,

Case No. 4:15-cv-04713-YGR (DMR)

Plaintiffs,
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v.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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BARTON GERSTEL,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.
That on 8/2/2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached Order to Show
Cause, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter
listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an interoffice delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

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Barton Gerstel
P.O. Box 703
Oakland, CA 94604-0703
Dated: 8/2/2016

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Susan Y. Soong
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable DONNA M. RYU