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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Denial of Overtime Compensation

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*E-Filed 1/6/10* 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

ISAIAS GASPERIN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

FURNITURE AND MATTRESS 

SUPERSTORE, et al., 

 

 Defendants. 

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No. C 08-04477 RS 

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO 

COMPEL AND DENYING MOTION 

FOR SANCTIONS 

 In September of 2009, plaintiff filed a motion to compel further responses to written 

discovery and an accompanying motion for sanctions, separately filed in compliance with Civil 

Local Rule 7-8. In October of 2009, plaintiff filed a motion to compel defendants Steve Bui and 

Don Bui to appear for deposition. Upon receiving notice from the parties that they wished to 

participate in a settlement conference prior to going forward with the motions, the Court issued an 

order denying the motions without prejudice, and referring the matter to Judge Lloyd for a 

settlement conference. The Court was subsequently advised that the individual defendants failed to 

appear at the settlement conference. Defense counsel’s motion to withdraw was granted, on 

shortened time. 

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 Plaintiff has now renewed both motions to compel and the motion for sanctions. Neither of 

the individual defendants, now appearing pro se, filed any response to the motion or appeared at the 

hearing. The unrepresented corporate defendant likewise has not responded. Former counsel for 

defendants appeared at the hearing, both because the sanctions motion was directed in part at 

counsel and to provide the Court information regarding defendants’ efforts to obtain new counsel, 

but not to offer opposition to the motions to compel. 

 Good cause appearing, the motion to compel depositions is granted. Defendants Steve Bui 

and Don Bui shall appear for deposition within 30 days of the date of this order, at a date and time 

to be set by Counsel for plaintiffs, after making reasonable efforts to reach a mutual agreement with 

defendants as to scheduling. 

 Good cause appearing, the motion to compel further responses to written discovery is 

granted. Defendants shall serve amended interrogatory responses and shall produce documents 

within 30 days of the date of this order. If defendants wish to avail themselves of the safeguards of 

a protective order for any confidential financial information they are required to produce, they must 

contact plaintiff’s counsel as promptly as possible to negotiate a stipulated protective order. 

 Under all the circumstances here, the motion for sanctions is denied. Defendants are 

advised, however, that failure to comply with this order may result in the imposition of sanctions. 

In the event plaintiff receives no responses from defendants, plaintiff is directed to commence the 

process of seeking default judgment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 1/6/10 

RICHARD SEEBORG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT NOTICE OF THIS ORDER WAS ELECTRONICALLY 

PROVIDED TO: 

Adam Wang adamqwang@gmail.com, rosilenda@gmail.com 

Adam Lee Pedersen alpedersen@gmail.com 

Jenifer Gardella gardellalaw@mindspring.com 

AND A HARD COPY OF THIS ORDER WAS MAILED TO: 

 Steve Bui 

 5050 Mission Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94112 

 

 Don Bui 

 5050 Mission Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94112 

 

DATED: January 6, 2010 

 /s/ Chambers Staff 

 Chambers of Judge Richard Seeborg 

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