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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YVETTE FELARCA, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ROBERT J. BIRGENEAU, ET AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 11-cv-05719-YGR 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS 

FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH 

DEADLINES

Dkt. No. 450 

PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR COUNSEL ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why the 

Court should not impose a monetary sanction of no less than $200.00 and/or strike all pages over 

25 in their brief filed July 30, 2015 (Dkt. No. 458, filed as a correction of Dkt. No. 452) for failure 

to comply with Civil Local Rules 7-4(b) and 7-11. Those rules require that requests to submit 

overlength briefs to be filed in advance of the due date. Here, the due date for the briefing was 

extended numerous times over the course of more than a month. Plaintiffs ultimately failed to 

meet the extended deadline, not submitting a brief until July 27, 2015. Moreover, Plaintiffs 

thereafter filed a “corrected” version of their brief, making substantive changes as well as adding a 

table of contents and authorities, on July 30, 2015. (Dkt. No. 458.) At no time did Plaintiffs seek 

permission to file an overlength brief as required by the rules. 

Plaintiffs’ failure to comply with the rules regarding overlength briefing is only the most 

recent example of their now lengthy history of disregard for this Court’s orders and Local Rules. 

See,e.g., Dkt. No. 451 (order to show cause re: sanctions for late filing); Dkt. No. 344 (order 

noting that, despite two extensions of the deadline for amending pleadings, Plaintiffs filed a Third 

Amended Complaint past the Court-ordered deadline and without first seeking leave of court or 

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complying with Court’s order to file motion for leave to amend or stipulation); Dkt. No. 430 

(denying request for extension of time to file reply brief, filed six days after due date without a 

basis for good cause or proposed reply brief). Plaintiffs were warned that continued flagrant 

disregard for the Court’s rules and orders would no longer be tolerated. 

Plaintiffs shall file a written response to the Order to Show Cause no later than 9:00 a.m. 

on Friday, August 14, 2015. The Court will notify Plaintiffs by separate notice if any hearing is 

required. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 11, 2015 

______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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