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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THERESA BROOKE,

Plaintiff,

v.

SARATOGA MOTEL LP,

Defendant.

Case No.18-cv-06422-NC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: 

DEFENDANT’S FAILURE TO 

APPEAR AND RESPOND

Re: Dkt. No. 19

Despite the parties’ apparent settlement in February 2019 (see Dkt. No. 8), this 

Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) lawsuit has languished on this Court’s docket

for over three months due to the parties’ repeated failures to comply with Court orders and 

appear at hearings.

On April 3, 2019, the Court ordered the parties to file an updated status report or 

dismiss the case before a follow-up case management conference on April 24, 2019. See

Dkt. No. 12. Neither party filed a status report nor dismissal. And at the April 24 

conference, neither party nor their counsel appeared. See Dkt. No. 14. The Court issued 

an order to show cause warning plaintiff Theresa Brooke and her counsel that further 

failure to comply with Court deadlines and orders may result in dismissal of this case and 

referral of counsel for investigation by the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct 

for the Northern District of California under Civil Local Rule 11-6. See Dkt. No. 15.

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On May 8, 2019, Plaintiff and her counsel satisfied that order to show cause and 

subsequently filed a motion to enforce the parties’ settlement agreement and for sanctions. 

See Dkt. Nos. 18, 19. The Court ordered defendant Saratoga Motel LP to respond to

Plaintiff’s motion by May 22, 2019, and set the motion for hearing on May 29, 2019. See

Dkt. No. 20. By May 24, 2019, Defendant had not filed its response and the Court ordered 

it to show cause why it had not responded. See Dkt. No. 21. Defendant failed to respond 

to that order too. At the May 29, 2019, hearing on Plaintiff’s motion, Defendant failed to 

appear. Defense counsel’s office reported that he was not available.

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Defendant and its counsel to show cause why 

they failed to appear at the May 29, 2019, hearing and failed to comply with multiple 

Court orders. Defendant is ORDERED to file a response to this Order and Brooke’s 

motion by June 7, 2019. The Court CONTINUES the hearing on Brooke’s motion to 

June 12, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Plaintiff may appear by telephone. Defendant’s counsel may 

not appear by telephone and is ORDERED to appear in person. Failure to comply with 

this order may result in referral of Defendant’s counsel for investigation by the Standing 

Committee on Professional Conduct for the Northern District of California under Civil 

Local Rule 11-6. The Court retains jurisdiction to enforce this Order to Show Cause even 

if Plaintiff dismisses this lawsuit.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 29, 2019 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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