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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Sex)

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CIARA NEWTON, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC DBA SHELL OIL 

PRODUCTS US, 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: 17-cv-3961-YGR

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO COMPEL 

DEPOSITIONS; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

DEFENDANT EQUILON ENTERPRISES, GARY 

T. LAFAYETTE, AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI 

LLP SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED 

DKT NO. 41, 42 

TO DEFENDANT EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC DBA SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US AND THEIR 

COUNSEL OF RECORD GARY T. LAFAYETTE AND LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP: 

YOU ARE ORDERED to produce for deposition the following persons on the dates stated: 

May 22, 2018: Christine Layne 

May 23, 2018: Jeff Fischer 

June 5, 2108: Cameron Curran 

June 6, 2018: Mike Beck 

June 7, 2018: Eric Perez 

You are ORDERED to pay sanctions to plaintiff Ciara Newton no later than May 22, 2018, in 

the amount of $685.77 for your failure to appear as noticed for deposition on April 25, 2018. 

You are ORDERED to pay sanctions in the amount of $250.00 to the Court for your failure to 

comply with this Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases ¶ 8(b). 

Further, YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why additional monetary and/or 

evidentiary sanctions should not be imposed for your failure to complete discovery in a timely 

fashion and to respond in good faith to opposing counsel’s efforts to meet and confer. 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

A hearing on this Order to Show Cause will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 1:45 

p.m., in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, Courtroom 1. 

Defendant and its counsel shall file a written response no later than May 24, 2018, verifying 

compliance with the sanctions order above and the first two scheduled depositions, and otherwise 

explaining why sanctions should not be imposed. Absent further order, the parties shall appear in 

person by lead trial counsel. No telephonic appearances will be permitted. 

A further hearing on the Order to Show Cause will be held on June 15, 2018, at 9:01 a.m. 

Defendant and its counsel shall file a written response no later than June 8, 2018, verifying 

compliance with the remaining scheduled depositions, and otherwise explaining why sanctions 

should not be imposed. Again, absent further order, the parties shall appear in person by lead trial 

counsel. No telephonic appearances will be permitted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: May 15, 2018 

_______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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