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Nature of Suit Code: 490
Nature of Suit: Cable/ Satellite TV
Cause of Action: 47:605 Communications Act of 1994

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DISH NETWORK L.L.C., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BARTON GERSTEL,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-04713-YGR (DMR)

ORDER TO FILE RESPONSE

Re: Dkt. No. 28

On July 19, 2016, Plaintiffs DISH Network L.L.C., EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C., and 

NagraStar LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a unilateral discovery letter to compel Defendant 

Barton Gerstel (“Defendant”) to respond to Plaintiffs’ interrogatories, requests for production of 

documents, and to provide his initial disclosures required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(a)(1)(A). [Docket No. 28.] 

Defendant is ordered to file a response to the Plaintiffs’ unilateral discovery letter by July 

29, 2016. The response shall be no more than two pages and shall comply with the court’s order 

regarding discovery procedures. [Docket No. 27.] 

The court refers Defendant to the section “Representing Yourself” on the Court’s website, 

located at http://cand.uscourts.gov/proselitigants, as well as the Court’s Legal Help Centers for 

unrepresented parties. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

In San Francisco, the Legal Help Center is located on the 15th Floor, Room 2796, of the 

United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. In Oakland, the Legal Help 

Center is located on the 4th Floor, Room 470S, of the United States Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, 

Oakland.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2016

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DISH NETWORK L.L.C., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BARTON GERSTEL,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:15-cv-04713-YGR (DMR)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 20, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Barton Gerstel

P.O. Box 703

Oakland, CA 94604-0703 

Dated: July 20, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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