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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRECISION GLASSWORKS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALI GHANNAM, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03227-HSG 

ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS 

“Failure by counsel or a party to comply with any duly promulgated local rule or any 

Federal Rule may be a ground for imposition of any authorized sanction.” N.D. Cal. L-R 1-4. 

In failing to appear at the initial case management conference held on October 13, 2015, 

Mr. Higginbotham was in clear violation of the Civil Local Rules for the Northern District of 

California. See Civil L.R. 16–10(a) (requiring lead trial counsel to attend the initial case 

management conference, absent excuse from the Court). Additionally, while Mr. Higginbotham 

claims he reached an agreement with Plaintiff’s counsel to continue the deadline for filing an 

answer, he failed to reduce that purported stipulation to writing and file it in accordance with 

Local Rule 6-1(a)’s requirement that stipulations extending time “be promptly filed” with the 

Court. On May 9, 2016, in response to the order to show cause, Defense counsel admitted that he 

“failed to consider the Local Rule[s]” and that it had not occurred to him to appear at the case 

management conference or file the stipulation. Dkt. No. 41.

Relying on the inherent authority to manage the Court’s docket and ensure the orderly 

disposition of this case, and for the reasons discussed at the April 28, 2016 hearing, IT IS 

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HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s counsel is SANCTIONED for failing to comply with the

local rules. Plaintiff’s counsel is ORDERED to pay $250 to the Clerk of the U.S. District Court 

on or before May 31, 2016. Plaintiff’s counsel shall bear this sanction personally, and SHALL 

NOT bill Plaintiff for this $ 250 sanction. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

5/16/2016

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