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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

A. MICHAEL AMSTADTER, BONITA ) 

AMSTADTER, )

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Plaintiffs, ) 2:09-cv-02826-GEB-EFB

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v. ) ORDER RE FAILURE OF NON-

) GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATE

BANK OF AMERICA, BANK OF AMERICA ) PARTIES TO RESPOND TO MINUTE

HOME LOANS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC ) ORDER

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. )

(“MERS”), NDEX WEST, and DOES 1-50,)

inclusive, )

Defendants. )

)

The following Minute Order was filed on December 17, 2009, 

to which there has been no response: 

No later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 18,

2009, any non[-]governmental corporate party to

this action shall file a statement identifying all

of its parent and subsidiary corporations and

listing any publicly held company that owns 10% or

more of the party[’]s stock. If any non[-]

governmental corporate party has no parent or

subsidiary corporations or no publicly held

companies owning 10% or more of its stock, it shall

so state in its statement.

All non-governmental corporate parties shall file a response

to the December 17, 2009 Minute Order no later than 4:00 p.m. on

January 15, 2010, or, in the alternative, are ordered to show cause

(“OSC”) in a writing to be filed by the same deadline why sanctions

should not be imposed against the party and/or that party’s counsel

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“If the fault lies with the attorney, that is where the impact 1

of sanction should be lodged. If the fault lies with the clients, that

is where the impact of the sanction should be lodged.” Matter of

Sanction of Baker, 744 F.2d 1438, 1442 (10th Cir. 1984), cert. denied,

471 U.S. 1014 (1985). Sometimes the faults of attorneys, and their

consequences, are visited upon clients. In re Hill, 775 F.2d 1385, 1387

(9th Cir. 1985).

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under Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure

to comply with the December 17, 2009 Minute Order. The Order filed

October 13, 2009 also required the non-governmental corporate parties

to make the disclosure required by the December 17, 2009 Minute Order. 

The written response to the OSC shall also state whether the party

and/or the party’s counsel is at fault, and whether a hearing is

requested on the OSC. If a hearing is requested, it will be held on 1

January 19, 2010, commencing at 9:00 a.m.

Dated: January 6, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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