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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER SANCTIONING REGINALD VON TERRELL, THE TERRELL LAW GROUP, DONALD CHIDI AMAMGBO, AND

AMAMGBO & ASSOCIATES—Master File No. C-05-03774 RMW

JAH

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 9/27/06

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re PALM TREO 600 and 650 LITIGATION

This Document Relates To:

WILLIAMS, C-06-00907

Master File No. C-05-03774 RMW

ORDER SANCTIONING REGINALD VON

TERRELL, THE TERRELL LAW GROUP,

DONALD CHIDI AMAMGBO, AND

AMAMGBO & ASSOCIATES

[Re Docket No. 14]

In connection with defendant Palm, Inc's motion to dismiss, the court issued an order to

show cause to Reginald Von Terrell, the Terrell Law Group, Donald Chidi Amamgbo, and

Amamgbo & Associates, ordering them to show cause why they should not be sanctioned 28 U.S.C.

§ 1927 for "unreasonably and vexatiously" multiplying proceedings before this court. Any

response from Terrell, Amamgbo, or their law firms was due September 22, 2006. No response

was filed. The court therefore finds that by filing a complaint substantially copied from another

complaint in a class action where several individual actions had already been consolidated and

class counsel selected, failing to effect timely service upon the sole defendant, and then not

responding in any way to Palm's motion to dismiss for failure to effect service, Reginald Von

Terrell, the Terrell Law Group, Donald Chidi Amamgbo, and Amamgbo & Associates

"unreasonably and vexatiously" multiplied proceedings in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1927. The

court will therefore require Terrell, Amamgbo, and their law firms to "satisfy personally the

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excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct" if

defendant Palm submits to the court by October 27, 2006 detailed billing records showing the

amount it spent responding to the complaint in this action. 

DATED: 9/26/06

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER SANCTIONING REGINALD VON TERRELL, THE TERRELL LAW GROUP, DONALD CHIDI AMAMGBO, AND

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Reginald Von Terrell REGGIET2@AOL.COM 

Donald Chidi Amamgbo DonaldAmamgbo@Citycom.com 

Ira P. Rothken ndca@techfirm.com

Counsel for Defendant:

Roger E. Collanton rcollanton@mofo.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 9/27/06 SPT

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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