United States of America v. Lal

Filing 27

ORDER Granting 20 Motion for Issuance of Bench Warrant for Respondent Rajneel Lal for Contempt of Court, signed by Judge J Richard Creatura. (GMR)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner, 11 12 13 CASE NO. 3:16-mc-5024 BHS-JRC ORDER GRANTING ISSUANCE OF BENCH WARRANT FOR RESPONDENT RAJNEEL LAL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT v. RAJNEEL R. LAL, Respondent. 14 15 16 THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Petitioner United States of America’s Motion 17 for Issuance of Bench Warrant for Respondent Rajneel Lal for Contempt of Court (Dkt. 20). 18 Petitioner’s motion is supported by the Declaration of Vincent Byford, Deputy United States 19 Marshal (Dkt. 21). 20 Petitioner originally completed service in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §7603 by leaving an 21 attested copy of the summons in an envelope attached to the front door of respondent’s residence 22 (Dkt. 1-1). Petitioner failed to respond. 23 24 ORDER GRANTING ISSUANCE OF BENCH WARRANT FOR RESPONDENT RAJNEEL LAL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT - 1 1 This Court issued an Order of Enforcement of Summons on October 26, 2016 (Dkt. 6) 2 that was mailed by certified mail and signed for by Respondent’s 17-year-old son, CL (Dkt. 8). 3 The Respondent again failed to appear and comply with the Order. 4 On January 9, 2017, the Court ordered Respondent to show cause why he should not be 5 held in contempt of court (Dkt. 9). The order directed the U.S. Marshal to serve a copy of the 6 order and the underlying petition on Respondent (id.). The show cause hearing was continued 7 twice while the U.S. Marshal’s Office attempted service on Respondent at his last known 8 residence (Dkt. 14, 19). 9 10 11 12 13 Petitioner United States has provided the declaration of U.S. Marshal Byford in support of the belief that Respondent is evading service (Dkt. 21). It is hereby ORDERED that a Deputy Court Clerk issue a bench warrant for Respondent’s immediate arrest pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 7604(b). Dated this 5th day of July, 2017. A 14 15 J. Richard Creatura United States Magistrate Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER GRANTING ISSUANCE OF BENCH WARRANT FOR RESPONDENT RAJNEEL LAL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT - 2

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