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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RPA INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD., d/b/a

NUFURN PTY LTD.; NUFURN, INC. and

DENNIS MICHAEL KRAWCHUK, an

individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMPACT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; LEE

JOHNSON, an individual; PRE SALES, INC;

ERIC SEGAL, an individual; BZ GLOBAL

SDN. BHD.; BZ GLOBAL (H.K.) LIMITED;

CHEE CHOON CHEAH, an individual; and

KOK CHEONG SOO, an individual,

Defendants. 

KOK CHEONG SOO, an individual; and

CHEE CHOON CHEAH, an individual,

Counter-Plaintiffs,

v.

DENNIS MICHAEL DRAWCHUK, an

individual,

Counter-Defendant. 

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Civil No.06cv1147 WQH(AJB)

Order Granting Motion to Compel

[Doc. No. 84]

Plaintiffs’ filed a motion to compel individual defendants, Chee Choon Cheah and Lee A.

Johnson to respond to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First Set of Document Requests served

on May 18, 2007 and for reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred in connection with bringing this

motion pursuant to Rule 37(a)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Individual defendants Chee

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 Sigliano v. Mendoza, 642 F.2d 309 (9th Cir. 1981) ( A party’s repeated failure to comply with

discovery requests and district court orders manifested the requisite fault and fully justified district

court’s imposition of sanction of case terminating sanctions.).

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Choon Cheah and Lee A. Johnson have not responded or in any way opposed Plaintiffs’ motion to

compel. Plaintiffs’ have filed a Reply brief and submitted proof of service for both the motion to

compel and the discovery requests at issue in this motion. The motion hearing set for September 10,

2007 at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom A before Judge Battaglia is hereby vacated and the Court finds as

follows:

Individual defendants Chee Choon Cheah and Lee A. Johnson have waived any objection to

Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First Set of Document Requests by failing to timely respond or

object to these requests.

Plaintiffs’ motion to compel is hereby GRANTED. Individual defendants Chee Choon Cheah

and Lee A. Johnson shall completely respond to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and produce all

documents responsive to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Document Requests on or before September 25, 2007.

Defendants’ Cheah and Johnson are warned that failure to comply with this order will result in

this Court recommending to the district judge that Defendants’ Cheah and Johnson actions manifest the

requisite fault justifying Defendants’ Cheah and Johnson answer be stricken and default judgment be

entered pursuant to Fed. Rules Civ. Proc. Rule 37(d).1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 10, 2007

Hon. Anthony J. Battaglia

U.S. Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

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