Newton v. Equilon Enterprises LLC DBA Shell Oil Products US

Filing 43

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO COMPEL DEPOSITIONS; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT EQUILON ENTERPRISES, GARY T. LAFAYETTE, AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED re 42 Discovery Letter Brief filed by Equilon Enterprises LLC, 41 Discovery Letter Brief filed by Ciara Newton. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for TUESDAY, 5/29/2018 01:45 PM. Show Cause Response due by 5/24/2018. Further Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 6/15/2018 09:01 AM. Response due 6/8/2018. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 5/15/2018. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/15/2018)

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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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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC DBA SHELL OIL
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PRODUCTS US,

Case No.: 17-cv-3961-YGR
ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO COMPEL
DEPOSITIONS; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
DEFENDANT EQUILON ENTERPRISES, GARY
T. LAFAYETTE, AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI
LLP SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED
DKT NO. 41, 42

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 for deposition the following persons on the dates stated:
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May 22, 2018: Christine Layne
May 23, 2018: Jeff Fischer
June 5, 2108: Cameron Curran
June 6, 2018: Mike Beck
June 7, 2018: Eric Perez
You are ORDERED to pay sanctions to plaintiff Ciara Newton no later than May 22, 2018, in
the amount of $685.77 for your failure to appear as noticed for deposition on April 25, 2018.
You are ORDERED to pay sanctions in the amount of $250.00 to the Court for your failure to
comply with this Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases ¶ 8(b).
Further, YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why additional monetary and/or

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evidentiary sanctions should not be imposed for your failure to complete discovery in a timely

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fashion and to respond in good faith to opposing counsel’s efforts to meet and confer.

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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.
Defendant and its counsel shall file a written response no later than May 24, 2018, verifying

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compliance with the sanctions order above and the first two scheduled depositions, and otherwise

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explaining why sanctions should not be imposed. Absent further order, the parties shall appear in

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person by lead trial counsel. No telephonic appearances will be permitted.

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A further hearing on the Order to Show Cause will be held on June 15, 2018, at 9:01 a.m.

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Defendant and its counsel shall file a written response no later than June 8, 2018, verifying

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compliance with the remaining scheduled depositions, and otherwise explaining why sanctions

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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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should not be imposed. Again, absent further order, the parties shall appear in person by lead trial
counsel. No telephonic appearances will be permitted.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: May 15, 2018
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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