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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BAP)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRITZ WUTHRICH,

Appellant,

v.

AMER SPORTS WINTER & OUTDOOR

COMPANY,

Appellee.

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No. C-14-0871 EMC

ORDER DENYING APPELLEE’S EX

PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER

DISMISSING APPEAL; AND ORDER

TO SHOW CAUSE

(Docket No. 14)

Previously, the Court denied Appellee Amer Sports Winter & Outdoor Company’s motion to

dismiss for lack of prosecution and ordered Appellant Fritz Wuthrich to file his opening brief by

January 23, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. See Docket No. 11 (order). After Mr. Wuthrich failed to file an

opening brief, Amer Sports filed – on January 27, 2015 – the pending application for an order

dismissing the appeal. Approximately three hours later, Mr. Wuthrich – or more specifically, his

counsel, Ruth Elin Auerbach – filed his opening brief.

Amer Sports’s application for an order dismissing the appeal is hereby DENIED. Although

the opening brief was not timely filed, there has been no material prejudice to Amer Sports as the

brief was only two court days late. 

That being said, the Court does not condone the tardiness of the brief, particularly given the

history in this case, in which there was a failure to prosecute this case for almost a year. 

Accordingly, the Court hereby orders Ms. Auerbach to show cause as to why she personally (and not

her client, Mr. Wuthrich) should not be sanctioned for her failure to comply with the Court’s order,

requiring that the opening brief be filed by January 23. At this juncture, potential sanctions include

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Ms. Auerbach (and not her client, Mr. Wuthrich) having to pay personally the attorney’s fees

incurred by Amer Sports in filing the pending application for relief. Ms. Auerbach’s response to

this order to show cause shall be filed no later than February 5, 2015.

In addition, the Court hereby orders Ms. Auerbach to personally serve a copy of this

order on her client, Mr. Wuthrich, by February 2, 2015. On the same day, Ms. Auerbach shall

file a certificate of service, establishing that she served a copy of this order on her client. 

Finally, Ms. Auerbach shall file by February 2, 2015 a certificate of service, establishing

that she served a copy of the Court’s order of January 16, 2015, see Docket No. 11 (order), on

her client, as the Court previously ordered. 

This order disposes of Docket No. 14. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2015

_________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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