Dubuc et al v. Green Oak, Township of et al

Filing 110

ORDER Requiring Defendant Green Oak Township to file a Statement of Satisfaction of Sanctions no later that 12/18/2012. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

DENNIS DUBUC and CAROL DUBUC,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 08-13727

GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER REQUIRING STATEMENT OF SATISFACTION OF SANCTIONS
On August 16, 2010, the court issued its Opinion and Order Imposing Sanctions
upon Plaintiffs, Dennis DuBuc and Carol DuBuc, based on the inherent powers of the
court, in the amount of $15,000 and upon Plaintiffs’ principal counsel, Edward
Christensen, under 28 USC § 1927, in the amount of $5,000. (Dkt. # 90.) On
October 1, 2010, the court granted in part and denied in part Plaintiffs’ and
Christensen’s Motion to Stay, in effect permitting a stay if Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’
counsel filed a supersedeas bond in the amount of the sanctions. (Dkt. # 97.) No bond
appears on the docket of the court. On June 4, 2012, the court’s order imposing
sanctions was fully affirmed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Finally, on
November 27, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied Plaintiff’s and Plaintiffs’
counsel’s Petition for Certiorari.
Plaintiffs have repeatedly attracted judicially-imposed sanctions, some of which
Plaintiffs apparently failed to pay. See Dubuc v. Green Oak Tp., 609 N.W.2d 829 (Mich.
2000) (Corrigan, J., concurring) (“It appears from the extant records that plaintiff may

not have complied fully with previous orders imposing monetary sanctions.”). The
docket displays no sign of payment of the sanctions imposed on August 16, 2010.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Green Oak Township, not later than
December 18, 2012, file a memorandum explaining the status of Dennis DuBuc’s, Carol
DuBuc’s, and Edward Christensen’s satisfaction, if any, of the monetary sanctions
judicially imposed in this case.
s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: December 10, 2012
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, December 10, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.

s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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