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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KIONA L. SMILEY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JP MORGAN CHASE, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.14-cv-01651-NC 

ORDER REGARDING EX PARTE

COMMUNICATIONS 

This Court has received ex parte communications from plaintiff Kiona L. Smiley. 

As a general matter, the local rules prohibit ex parte communications and provide that “an 

attorney or party to an action must refrain from making telephone calls or writing letters or 

sending copies of communications between counsel to the assigned Judge or the Judge’s 

law clerks or otherwise communicating with a Judge or the Judge’s staff regarding a 

pending matter, without prior notice to opposing counsel.” Civ. L.R. 11-4(c). Any written 

request to the Court for an order must be presented by filing a proper motion or stipulation. 

See Civ. L.R. 7-1(a). The Court therefore strikes the improper communications. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 22, 2015 _____________________________________ 

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KIONA L. SMILEY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JP MORGAN CHASE, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 14-cv-01651-NC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California. 

That on 1/22/2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle 

located in the Clerk's office. 

Kiona L. Smiley

9837 Milan Dr

Stockton, CA 95212 

Dated: 1/22/2015 

Richard W. Wieking 

Clerk, United States District Court 

By:________________________ 

Lili Harrell, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable NATHANAEL M. COUSINS 

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