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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Case No. 5:11-cv-05632-PSG

OMNIBUS ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR FEES, SANCTIONS, AND LEAVE TO 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KRISHNA REDDY,

Plaintiff,

v.

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 5:11-cv-05632-PSG

OMNIBUS ORDER DENYING 

MOTIONS FOR FEES, SANCTIONS,

AND LEAVE TO APPEAL IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(Re: Docket No. 275, 280, 302)

Plaintiff Krishna Reddy and Defendants Nuance Communications, Inc. et al. present 

assorted motions,1all of which are DENIED.

I.

On September 4, 2015, the court entered judgment.2 At that time, the court invited 

Defendants to submit a motion for fees and costs incurred since the final pretrial conference.3 

Under Civ. L.R. 54-1(a) and 54-5(a), the deadline to file a bill of costs or a motion for fees is 14 

days from the entry of judgment, or in this case, by September 18, 2015.4 Defendants untimely 

moved for fees and costs on October 15, 2015,5 well after the deadline. Their motion for fees is 

DENIED.

 

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See Docket Nos. 275, 280, 302.

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See Docket Nos. 269.

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See Docket No. 268 at 6.

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See Civ. L.R. 54-1(a), 54-5(a).

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See Docket No. 275.

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After Defendants moved for fees, Reddy moved for sanctions, entry of default judgment 

and disbarment of Defendants’ attorneys.

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 The basis for her request is that Defendants’ motion 

fell outside the 14 days allotted by Civ. L.R. 54-5(a).7 Reddy argues that the requested sanctions

are proper under Civ. L.R. 1-4, which provides that “[f]ailure by counsel or a party to comply with 

any duly promulgated local rule or any Federal Rule may be a ground for imposition of any 

authorized sanction.”

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 Defendants’ motion was untimely and has been denied for that reason; the 

extreme penalties that Reddy requests are unwarranted. Her motion is DENIED.

III.

Finally, Reddy again requests leave to appeal in forma pauperis.9 The court denied her last 

request10 on the ground that her appeal was frivolous.11 The Ninth Circuit then denied her motion 

to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal because it found that Reddy had not demonstrated 

indigence and because her appeal was frivolous.12 Reddy now has filed an in forma pauperis 

application with information on her finances,13 but she has provided no basis for reconsidering the 

court’s prior assessment of her appeal as frivolous. This motion is DENIED.

 

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See Docket No. 280.

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See id. at 6.

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See id. at 3, 6.

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See Docket No. 302.

10 See Docket No. 271.

11 See Docket No. 276 at 4.

12 See Docket No. 301 at 1.

13 See Docket No. 302.

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SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2015

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PAUL S. GREWAL

United States Magistrate Judge

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