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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KEVIN O’SHEA, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

24 HOUR FITNESS USA, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 16-cv-01668-JSW 

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE RE PRO HAC VICE

APPLICATION OF RAFEY S. 

BALABANIAN, ESQ. 

Re: Dkt. Nos. 14, 21 

On May 19, 2016, the Court issued an order to show cause regarding the pro hac vice

application of Rafey S. Balabanian, Esq. On May 26, 2016, Mr. Balabanian filed a response to the 

order to show cause. The deadline for Defendant to file an optional response has passed, and 

Defendant has elected not to respond. 

Upon review of the record, the response to the order to show cause, and Civil Local Rule 

11-3(b), the Court hereby DISCHARGES the order to show cause. It is ambiguous whether Mr. 

Balabanian’s circumstances fall within the scope of the exception to disqualification under Local 

Rule 11-3(b). However, in any event, Local Rule 11-3(b) provides that individuals otherwise 

disqualified under section (b) may be “authorized . . . by an order of the assigned judge” to be 

“eligible for permission to practice pro hac vice.” The Court finds that here, where Mr. 

Balabanian has passed the California bar exam and is awaiting the results of his application for 

determination of moral character, such authorization is warranted. 

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