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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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Case Nos. 10-cv-02500 and 10-cv-01668 SBA 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MOISES ZEPEDA, and others,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PAYPAL, INC., and others,

Defendants.

DEVINDA FERNANDO, and others,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PAYPAL, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 10-cv-02500 SBA

Case No. 10-cv-01668 SBA

ORDER TERMINATING ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE

Re: Dkt. No. 100

This Court long ago ordered attorney Marina Trubitsky and the plaintiffs in the 

Fernando action to show cause why they should not be sanctioned for their failure to 

appear at the second day of a Court-ordered settlement conference. Dkt. No. 100. The 

Court’s order was motivated in part by concern about two potential conflicts: (1) conflicts 

between the class and class counsel in Fernando and two other cases, Zepeda v. Paypal

and Dunkel v. eBay, Inc., No. 12-cv-01452 EJD; and (2) conflicts between Trubitsky and 

local counsel David Hicks, who attended both days of the conference. 

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The Court’s concerns about the first conflict have been ameliorated by subsequent 

events. In Zepeda, the Court preliminarily approved settlement of class-wide claims. Dkt. 

No. 281. In Dunkel, the Court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 101. 

There is no longer the same need to protect the class members in Zepeda and Dunkel.

As to any conflict between colleagues Trubitsky and Hicks, that conflict can best be 

resolved through the pending motions for attorneys’ fees at docket numbers 295, 296 and 

297 in Zepeda.

The Court determines that the Order to Show Cause has been satisfied by 

Trubitsky’s response. She declared that her failure to appear was due to a family 

emergency caused by an illness to two family members. Dkt. Nos. 106, 106-1. The Court 

therefore finds that her failure was not willful or in bad faith. Her failure to appear did put 

her co-counsel David Hicks into a challenging position and caused expenses to be incurred 

by defendants and counsel. But under the circumstances, the Court finds that a sanction is 

not warranted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 28, 2016 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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