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Nature of Suit Code: 490
Nature of Suit: Cable/ Satellite TV
Cause of Action: 47:605 Communications Act of 1994

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United States District Court 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DISH NETWORK L.L.C., et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BARTON GERSTEL, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-04713-YGR (DMR) 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

On July 19, 2016, Plaintiffs DISH Network L.L.C., EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., and 

NagraStar LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a unilateral discovery letter brief moving the court 

to compel Defendant Barton Gerstel to respond to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First 

Set of Requests for Production, and to provide his initial disclosures required under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(C). Plaintiffs’ Discovery Letter [Docket No. 28]. 

On July 20, 2016, the court ordered Defendant to file a response to Plaintiffs’ unilateral 

discovery letter by July 29, 2016. July 20, 2016 Order to File Response [Docket No. 29]. The 

court also referred Defendant to the court’s resources for pro se litigants. Id. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DISH NETWORK L.L.C., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BARTON GERSTEL,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:15-cv-04713-YGR (DMR)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on 8/2/2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached Order to Show 

Cause, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter 

listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an interoffice delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Barton Gerstel

P.O. Box 703

Oakland, CA 94604-0703 

Dated: 8/2/2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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