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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CONTEMPT

Case No. 16-cv-000542-JD

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JANET M. HEROLD

Regional Solicitor

MARC A. PILOTIN (CSBN 266369)

Counsel for Wage & Hour Litigation

JENNIFER STA.ANA (CSBN 307977)

Trial Attorney

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

90 7th Street, Suite 3-700

San Francisco, CA 94103-1516

Telephone: (415) 625-7767

StaAna.Jennifer.L@dol.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff R. Alexander Acosta,

United States Secretary of Labor

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PATRICK PIZZELLA,

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 Acting Secretary of Labor,

 United States Department of Labor,

 Plaintiff,

v.

RAZEL & RUZTIN, LLC dba WALNUT CREEK 

WILLOWS, a limited liability company; CADS, 

LLC dba ELIZABETH CARE HOME, 

ELIZABETH CARE HOME 2, SAMANTHA 

CARE HOME, and NEW HAVEN COURT, a 

limited liability company; I CARE VENTURES 

LLC, dba RAYZEL’S VILLA, a limited liability 

company; RAZEL CORTEZ, an individual; and 

ELIZABETH PALAD, an individual.

 Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-000542-JD

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHOW 

CAUSE RE: CONTEMPT

 

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Patrick Pizzella was appointed Acting Secretary of Labor effective July 20, 2019. Pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), the caption has been changed to reflect the appointment.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CONTEMPT

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Having considered the Secretary’s Motion for an Order to Show Cause re: Contempt

(Dkt. No. 12) and finding that the Secretary has made a prima facie showing that Razel & 

Ruztin, LLC; CADS, LLC; I CARE Ventures LLC; Razel Cortez; Elizabeth Palad; and Ruztin 

Cortez (collectively, “Contemnors”) are in contempt of the Court’s March 7, 2016 Consent 

Judgment and Order (Dkt. No. 10), the Court ORDERS Contemnors to show cause why they 

should not be held in contempt. 

The Court sets the following schedule on this Order to Show Cause:

• Contemnors’ Response to Order to Show Cause (“OSC”): August 15, 2019

• Secretary’s Reply: August 29, 2019

• OSC Hearing and Any Case Management Conference re: Contempt 

Proceedings: September 5, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 11 of the San 

Francisco Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Ave, 19th Floor

The hearing that was set for August 1, 2019, is VACATED.

The Secretary is ordered to serve this order on Contemnors and to file a proof of service.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: July 31, 2019

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JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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