Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-azd-2_05-mc-00081/USCOURTS-azd-2_05-mc-00081-2/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

WO

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Whitehall Specialties, Inc.,

Plaintiff, 

v.

Steven J. Delaportas, et al.,

Defendants. 

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

No. MC-05-81-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Whitehall Specialties, Inc.’s Petition for

Order to Show Cause Re: Failure to Produce Documents (Dkt. 94). Plaintiff asserts that

an order to show cause is necessary because Defendants have failed to produce

documents subpoenaed by Plaintiff. Plaintiff further asserts that it repeated the request

via letter. Plaintiff does not provide evidence of any subpoena, nor of a letter. Absent

evidence that Defendants failed to respond to a subpoena, the Court will not issue an

order to show cause. 

Moreover, Plaintiff does not cite any of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and

appears instead to rely upon the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure. (See Dkt. 94,

Proposed Order.) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide Plaintiff with adequate

remedies to address Defendants’ alleged failures. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a). These

remedies and mechanisms should be utilized and exhausted before an order to show cause

is sought.

Case 2:05-mc-00081-SMM Document 96 Filed 04/11/08 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

- 2 -

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Order to Show Cause

(Dkt. 94).

DATED this 11th day of April, 2008.

Case 2:05-mc-00081-SMM Document 96 Filed 04/11/08 Page 2 of 2