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Nature of Suit Code: 140
Nature of Suit: Negotiable Instruments
Cause of Action: 15:1601 Truth in Lending

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIA E. DE DIOS, et. al.,

NO. 2:09-CV-2430 FCD GGH

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER FOR SANCTIONS

HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, et.

al.,

Defendants.

On November 30, 2009, plaintiffs’ counsel, Ms. Sharon Lapin,

was ordered to show cause why she should not be sanctioned in the

amount of $150.00 for failing to file an opposition brief or

notice of non-opposition to defendants’ pending motion to

dismiss. The court ordered counsel to file her response to the

Order to Show Cause on or before February 12, 2010, and appear at

a hearing set for February 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel filed her response to the Order to Show

Cause on January 19, 2010, and the court does not find good cause

to discharge the Order to Show Cause. Accordingly, the court

makes the following orders:

1. Ms. Lapin shall pay sanctions in the amount of $150.00. 

Payment should be in the form of a check made payable

to the Clerk of the Court. The sum is to be paid

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personally by plaintiffs’ counsel not later than ten

(10) days from the filing of this Order for Sanctions.

2. This sanction is personal to the attorney, is to be

borne by her personally, and is not to be transmitted

to the client by way of a charge of attorney’s fees

and/or costs.

3. Not later than twenty (20) days from the filing of this

Order, plaintiffs’ counsel shall file a declaration

attesting to her compliance with the terms of this

Order.

4. The hearing on the Order to Show Cause set for February

26, 2010 is VACATED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 16, 2010

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