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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NELSON CARBALLO,

Plaintiff,

 v.

COMCAST INC., et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C-13-5572 MMC

ORDER STRIKING DEFENDANT

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF

AMERICA’S JOINDER IN COMCAST,

INC.’S MOTION

On July 17, 2015, defendant Communication Workers of America (“CWA”)

electronically filed a “Joinder with Defendant Comcast’s Motion for Summary Judgment”

and a declaration in support thereof. CWA has violated the Civil Local Rules of this District

and the Court’s Standing Orders, however, by failing “to provide for chambers a paper copy

of each document that is electronically filed . . . marked ‘Chambers Copy’.” See Civil L.R.

5-1(e)(7); see also Standing Orders For Civil Cases Assigned to The Honorable Maxine M.

Chesney ¶ 2.

This is the fourth occasion on which CWA has violated Civil Local Rule 5-1(e)(7) and

the Court’s Standing Orders. On each of the three prior occasions, said violation was

called to CWA’s attention (see Order, filed January 7, 2015, at 1:26-28; Order, filed May

26, 2015, at 1:16-21; Order, filed June 24, 2015, at 1:27-28), and CWA was expressly

advised that, in the future, if CWA electronically filed a document for which “a chambers

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Further, as plaintiff points out, CWA’s joinder in Comcast, Inc.’s motion for summary

judgment is not proper, given the differences in the claims filed against the two defendants.

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copy ha[d] not been timely provided to the Court,” CWA would be subject to sanctions,

“including, but not limited to, striking [such filing] from the record” (see Order, filed May 26,

2015, at 2:2-4).

Accordingly, CWA’s joinder and supporting declaration are hereby STRICKEN.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 6, 2015 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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