Travelers Property Casualty Company of America et al v. Clarendon America Insurance Company et al

Filing 26

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH STANDING ORDER. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for Tuesday, 5/29/2018 02:01 PM. Show Cause Response due by Wednesday, 5/23/2018. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 5/18/18. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/18/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,

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vs.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO
COMPLY WITH STANDING ORDER
Re: Dkt. No. 16

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CASE NO. 18-cv-01271-YGR

CLARENDON AMERICA INSURANCE
COMPANY, ET AL.,
Defendants.
This Court’s Standing Order In Civil Cases requires that, at case management

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conferences, “each party shall be represented at case management conferences by lead trial

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counsel or counsel with authority to enter into stipulations and make admissions pursuant to Fed.

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R. Civ. P. 16(a) and (c), as well as fully prepared to address all of the matters in the CAND CMC

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Order and Civil L.R. 16-10(b).” (Standing Order in Civil Cases, ¶ 6.) The Standing Order further

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provides that:

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Failure to do so shall be considered grounds for sanctions. Because of the
substantive discussions that occur during case management conferences,
telephonic appearances are disfavored. The Court will grant requests to appear
by telephone only upon a compelling showing of good cause. The routine
inconveniences of travel do not constitute good cause.

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An initial case management conference in this matter was scheduled for May 14, 2018.

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Counsel appearing for Clarendon America Insurance Company was not lead trial counsel or

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counsel with the requisite authority.

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Therefore, Counsel James I. Silverstein is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why he should not
be sanctioned in the amount of $250.00 for failure to comply with this Court’s Standing Order.
A hearing on this Order to Show Cause will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 2:01
p.m., in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1.
By no later than Wednesday, May 23, 2018, counsel James I. Silverstein must file a
written response to this Order to Show Cause. If the Court is satisfied with the response, it may

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vacate the hearing on the Order to Show Cause. Otherwise, lead trial counsel must personally

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appear at the hearing. Neither a special appearance nor a telephonic appearance will be

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permitted. Failure to file a written response or to appear personally will be deemed an admission

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that no good cause exists and that the imposition of monetary sanctions is appropriate.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: May 18, 2018

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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