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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS BICEK,

Plaintiff,

v.

C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. & 

TRACY LOGISTICS LLC,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-0411-MCE-KJN

ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

On October 1, 2013, the court conducted a telephonic conference with respect to the 

parties’ discovery dispute regarding the depositions of putative class members. After considering 

the parties’ joint letter brief filed September 30, 2013, and for the reasons discussed with counsel 

at the conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The depositions of putative class members shall go forward on the agreed-upon dates 

of October 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, and 30, and November 1, 4, 6, and 7, absent agreement 

of the parties or other extraordinary circumstances preventing any deposition(s). 

2. No later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, plaintiff’s counsel shall provide 

defendants’ counsel with sealed “personal and confidential” letters to the prospective 

putative class member deponents, outlining any appropriate information regarding the 

litigation that plaintiff’s counsel wishes to convey to these prospective deponents.

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Within 48 hours of receipt of such letters, or by the particular deponent’s next 

regularly scheduled workshift for which the deponent reports, whichever is later, 

defendants’ counsel shall cause such letters to be distributed to the prospective 

deponent(s).

3. No later than 5 p.m. on Friday, October 4, 2013, defendants may file a properly

supported request for sanctions in the form of attorneys’ fees and costs based on 

plaintiff’s counsel’s conduct with respect to the instant discovery dispute. 

Defendants’ counsel shall file a declaration under penalty of perjury, and may, but are 

not required, to attach the sixteen (16) written communications that, according to the 

parties’ joint letter brief, defendants’ counsel sent to plaintiff’s counsel with respect to 

scheduling the depositions. Plaintiff may file a response to defendants’ request for 

sanctions no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. 

4. Plaintiff’s counsel is further ordered to show cause why the court should not sua 

sponte impose monetary sanctions based on plaintiff’s counsel’s conduct with respect 

to scheduling the depositions, as well as their baseless objections as to availability of 

the prospective deponents whom plaintiff’s counsel does not represent at this juncture. 

Plaintiff’s counsel shall file a response to the order to show cause no later than 5 p.m. 

on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. In the interests of efficiency, plaintiff’s counsel may 

combine the response to defendants’ request for sanctions and the court’s order to 

show cause in a single document, if appropriate. 

5. In the alternative, the parties may meet-and-confer and advise the court, no later than 5 

p.m. on Friday, October 4, 2013, that they have reached a private agreement as to 

payment of attorneys’ fees and costs with respect to the instant discovery dispute. The 

parties may also inform the court as to their position(s) regarding whether the order to 

show cause should be discharged in light of their private agreement. 

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6. Failure to comply with the terms of this order, as well as general principles of civility, 

communication, and cooperation as discussed at the conference, may result in 

increased sanctions against the offending party or parties. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 2, 2013

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