Valjakka v. Netflix, Inc.

Filing 209

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: PRO HAC VICE APPLICATION OF JOSEPH J. ZITO 208 . Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on October 26, 2023. (mll, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/26/2023)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LAURI VALJAKKA,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 22-cv-01490-JST

v.
NETFLIX INC,
Defendant.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: PRO
HAC VICE APPLICATION OF
JOSEPH J. ZITO
Re: ECF No. 208

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Attorney Joseph J. Zito has filed an application to be admitted pro hac vice on behalf of

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Plaintiff Lauri Valjakka. The application lists Susan Kalra as local co-counsel but lists her address

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of record as being in Houston, Texas. ECF No. 208. This Texas address also appears as Kalra’s

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address in the Court’s ECF system.

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To be admitted pro hac vice, an attorney must have local co-counsel “who is a member

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of the bar of this Court in good standing and who maintains an office within the State of

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California.” Civil L.R. 11-3(a)(3). Kalra previously maintained an office in California. See ECF

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No. 48 at 1 (pro hac vice application listing an address for Kalra in Campbell, California); ECF

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No. 145 at 1 (same, listing an address in Redwood City, California). But the record now indicates

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that Kalra maintains only an office in Texas.

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Accordingly, Valjakka’s counsel are ordered to show cause as to why Zito’s application for
pro hac vice should not be denied for failure to satisfy the requirements of Civil Local Rule 11-3.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 26, 2023
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge