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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

FACEBOOK, INC., et al.,

Defendant

Case No.: 16-CV-1730 YGR

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SANCTIONS 

FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH STANDING 

ORDER 

TO PARTIES WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC, FACEBOOK, INC., AND THEIR RESPECTIVE 

COUNSEL OF RECORD WARREN J. MCCARTY III AND HEIDI KEEFE:

YOU ARE ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why you should not be sanctioned in the amount of 

$250.00 for failing to comply with the Court’s Standing Order regarding summary judgment prefiling letters. Both parties’ filings (Dkt. Nos. 140, 141) were formatted in such as way as to 

circumvent this Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases which requires the submission of a letter to the 

Court not to exceed three single-spaced pages, including any attached exhibits or supporting papers. 

(Standing Order in Civil Cases at paragraph 9(a) emphasis in original.) Here, the filings were not 

letters to the Court but rather single-spaced briefs. 

A hearing on this Order to Show Cause will be held on Monday, January 28, 2019, on the 

Court’s 2:01 p.m. Calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in 

Courtroom 1.

By no later than Friday, January 25, 2019, the parties each must file a written statement 

explaining their failure to comply with the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases, and attest that they 

have reviewed the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases. Failure to file a written response or to 

appear personally will be deemed an admission that no good cause exists and that the imposition of 

monetary sanctions is appropriate.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: -DQXDU\ _______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Case 4:16-cv-01730-YGR Document 143 Filed 01/23/19 Page 1 of 1