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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:2(a) Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEONA MARINO,

Plaintiff,

v.

CACAFE, INC., ET AL.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-6291 YGR 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: MONETARY 

SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY 

WITH LOCAL RULES AND STANDING 

ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 136

TO PLAINTIFF LEONA MARINO, DEFENDANTS CACAFE, INC., JANE ZHENG, TED CHAO;

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, CLUB DEMONSTRATION SERVICES, INC., AND THEIR 

RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD:

YOU ARE EACH HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why you should not be sanctioned 

in the amount of $250.00 per party for the following violations of the Local Rules and this Court’s 

Standing Order In Civil Cases: 

(1) filing of multiple joint discovery letters on currently pending disputes (see Standing 

Order in Civil Cases ¶ 8(b)); 

(2) failure to confirm that the parties met and conferred in person (id.); and 

(3) filing of a joint letter brief with footnotes that do not comply with Civil Local Rule 3-

4(c)(2). 

While the joint discovery letter nominally was submitted only by plaintiff Marino and defendant 

CACafe, and document requests were propounded by CACafe, Inc., the dispute concerns 

document requests and requests for admissions as to each and every defendant. 

A compliance hearing date on this Order to Show Cause will be set for Friday, March 23, 

2018, on the Court’s 9:01a.m. calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, Courtroom 1.

By no later than Friday, March 16, 2018, defendants and their counsel shall file a written 

response to this Order to Show Cause. If the Court is satisfied with the response, it will vacate 

the compliance hearing date. Otherwise, the Court will set this matter for hearing requiring the 

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personal appearance of lead trial counsel on a date to be noticed. Neither a special appearance 

nor a telephonic appearance will be permitted. Failure to file a timely written response will be 

deemed an admission that no good cause exists and that the imposition of monetary sanctions is 

appropriate. 

Counsel are cautioned that future similar violations may result in increased sanction 

amounts. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

March 9, 2018

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