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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE —No. C-03-01380 RMW

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E-FILED on 4/28/06

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FAMILY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

NO. 15,

Plaintiff,

v.

PERRY L. GREINER,

Defendant.

No. C-03-01380 RMW

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

 Defendant Perry L. Greiner and his attorneys Stanford H. Atwood, Jr., and Eric S. Haiman

are ordered to show cause by May 5, 2006 why they should not be sanctioned under Fed.R.Civ.P.

11(b). Greiner's claims that he did not intend to enter into the settlement agreement in October 2004

appear to be made in bad faith, in violation of Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(b)(1) and (3). His legal argument

that his intent in signing the settlement agreement is relevant appears unwarranted under California

law, see, e.g., Beard v. Goodrich, 110 Cal. App. 4th 1031, 1038 (2003) ("Contract formation is

governed by objective manifestations, not the subjective intent of any individual involved. . . . The

test is what the outward manifestations of consent would lead a reasonable person to believe.")

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(internal quotation marks omitted), and thus appears to constitute a violation of Fed.R.Civ.P.

11(b)(2) by his attorneys. The hearing on this order shall held at 9 a.m. on May 12, 2006.

DATED: 4/28/06

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

Mark V. Isola misola@rehonroberts.com 

Peter M. Rehon prehon@rehonroberts.com 

Tiffany L. Goodman 

Tyler J. Olson tolson@rehonroberts.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not registered

for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

A copy will also be mailed to:

Stanford H. Atwood, Jr.; Eric S. Haiman 

Atwood Haiman & Westerberg 

18805 Cox Ave 

Suite 200 

Saratoga, CA 95070-4183 

Dated: 4/28/06 /s/ JH 

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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