Newton v. Equilon Enterprises LLC DBA Shell Oil Products US

Filing 40

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO COMPEL PRODUCTION; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT EQUILON ENTERPRISES, GARY T. LAFAYETTE, AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers: granting 39 Motion to Compel Production/Discovery Letter Brief.Production Discovery responses due by 5/18/2018. Show Cause written response filed by 5/22/2018. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for Tuesday, 5/29/2018 01:45 PM. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/10/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CIARA NEWTON,
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Case No.: 17-cv-3961-YGR

EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC DBA SHELL OIL

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO COMPEL
PRODUCTION;
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT
EQUILON ENTERPRISES, GARY T.
LAFAYETTE, AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI
LLP SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED

PRODUCTS US,

DKT NO. 39

Plaintiff,
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vs.
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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Defendant.
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TO DEFENDANT EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC DBA SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US AND THEIR
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COUNSEL OF RECORD GARY T. LAFAYETTE AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP:
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YOU ARE ORDERED to produce, no later than May 18, 2018, all supplemental discovery
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responses, specified documents, and the privilege log identifying documents withheld, as referenced
in the parties’ January 2018 Agreement, which is Exhibit 1 to plaintiff’s May 8, 2018 discovery letter
(Dkt. No. 39).
Further, YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why daily sanctions should not be

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imposed for your failure to comply with your representations to this Court. You previously
represented to this Court first that you would provide to plaintiff outstanding discovery responses
and documents, by no later than January 31, 2018, and then, having failed to meet that deadline, by

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no later than April 23, 2018. (See Joint Case Management Statement, Dkt. No. 36, filed April 17,

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2018, at page 5:9-15; and Joint Statement re: Status of Discovery, Dkt. No. 32, filed January 22,

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2018.)

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A hearing on this Order to Show Cause will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 1:45
p.m., in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, Courtroom 1.

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Defendant and its counsel shall file a written response no later than May 22, 2018, verifying

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compliance with the above order and otherwise explaining why sanctions should not be imposed.

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Absent further order, the parties shall appear in person by lead trial counsel. No telephonic

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appearances will be permitted.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: May 10, 2018
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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