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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTORIA HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

KSM PROPERTIES and 

KSM FOOD STORE, INC.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

No. 2:05-cv-1963-MCE-EFB

ORDER

This matter came on calendar for an Order to Show Cause

Hearing on November 27, 2006 due to defense counsel, Ricardo

Monterrosa’s failure to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b). Mr.

Monterrosa was ordered to personally appear at the November 27,

2006 hearing per the Court’s first Order to Show Cause Order

filed October 16, 2006. Mr. Monterrosa failed to appear at the

November 27, 2006 Order to Show Cause hearing. 

On November 27, 2006, the Court sanctioned Mr. Monterrosa in

the amount of $250.00 for his failure to appear at the hearing

and an additional $250.00 for his failure to participate in the

filing of the Joint Status Report. 

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These sanctions were ordered to be paid to the Clerk’s Office not

later than December 7, 2006 and a declaration under penalty of

perjury stating that the sanctions were not charged to his

client’s trust account was also ordered to be filed with the

Court. As of the date of this Order, the sanctions totaling

$500.00 have not been paid and the declaration under penalty of

perjury was not filed. 

The Court hereby makes the following Orders: 

1. Mr. Monterrosa is sanctioned an additional $1,001.00 for

his failure to timely comply with the Court’s Order of November

27, 2006. 

2. Mr. Monterrosa’s failure to comply with the Court’s

September 28, 2005 Order for Joint Status Report, his failure to

personally appear at the November 27, 2006 Order to Show Cause

Hearing, his failure to comply with the Court’s Order for

sanctions and his failure to file the declaration are all hereby

referred to the State Bar of California for disciplinary action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 12, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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