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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SEAN SANDHU,

Plaintiff,

v.

THOMAS LYNCH, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01456-SK 

ORDER (1) DISCHARGING ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE AGAINST 

DEFENDANTS AND (2) ISSUING 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AGAINST 

COUNSEL

Regarding Docket No. 27

The Court has received the response to the Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) filed by 

Defendant and Counter-Plaintiff Bhogart, LLC and Defendant Thomas Lynch IV (collectively, 

“Defendants”). Counsel for Defendants, Drew Teti, explains he mistakenly calendared the due 

date for the amended answer and counterclaims. He states that it was his “rookie” mistake and 

pleads that his clients not be punished for his mistake. The Court notes that counsel graduated 

from a well-respected law school and was admitted to the bar almost seven years ago. He is not a 

new attorney and should be familiar with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Northern 

District Civil Local Rules. The Court will accept the late filed amended answer and counterclaims

so as not to punish clients for their lawyer’s mistake. However, counsel is admonished that future 

failures to follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or the Northern District Civil Local 

Rules will be sanctioned more harshly. 

The Court Orders Defendants’ counsel to Show Cause (“OSC”) in writing, by no later than

June 27, 2016, why he should not be personally sanctioned in the amount of $100 or, in 

the alternative, be required to attend a continuing legal education course on the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure. In his response to the OSC, counsel shall state which alternative he prefers. If 

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Defendants’ counsel chooses to attend a continuing legal education course on the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, the Court will set a deadline for compliance and submission of proof of 

completion to the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 16, 2016

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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