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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANDY REED,

Plaintiff,

 v.

INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF

THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES,

MOTION PICTURE TECHNICIANS,

ARTISTS AND ALLIED CRAFTS OF THE

UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND

CANADA, LOCAL 16 et al., 

Defendants.

 /

No. C-05-2839 MMC

ORDER STRIKING DEFENDANT 

LOCAL 16'S ANSWER

On July 18, 2005, defendant International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees,

Motion Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and

Canada, Local 16 ( “Local 16”) electronically filed an answer to plaintiff’s complaint in the

above-titled action. Defendant Local 16 violated General Order 45 and the Court’s

standing orders, however, by failing to deliver to the Clerk’s Office “no later than noon on

the business day following the day that the papers are filed electronically, one paper copy

of each document that is filed electronically . . . marked ‘Chambers Copy’ and . . . clearly

marked with the judge’s name, case number, and ‘Chambers Copy-Do Not File.’” See

General Order 45 § VII.G; see also Standing Orders For Civil Cases Assigned to The

Honorable Maxine M. Chesney ¶ 2.
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In an order filed July 22, 2005, the Court ordered defendant Local 16 to immediately

submit a chambers copy of its answer, and warned it that if it failed in the future to comply

with the Court’s order to submit chambers copies of electronically-filed documents, the

Court would consider imposing sanctions, including, but not limited to, striking from the 

record any electronically-filed document of which a chambers copy had not been timely

provided to the Court.

Defendant Local 16 again has violated the Court’s order by failing to lodge a

chambers copy of its answer. The Court expects the parties to comply with the Court’s

orders without being repeatedly reminded to do so. Accordingly, the Court hereby

STRIKES defendant Local 16’s answer from the record, without prejudice to its filing a new

copy of the document in compliance with General Order 45 and accompanied by a

declaration explaining the reasons for its failure to date to abide by the Court’s orders.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 29, 2005 

/s/ Maxine M. Chesney 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge