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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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*E-filed 11/15/06* 

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MARIA VALENCIA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BY THE BAY INVESTMENTS, INC., et al,

Defendants. /

No. C05-05411 HRL

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

CONTEMPT

TO: Gregory Tokarczyk, attorney of record for Plaintiff Maria Valencia:

YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO APPEAR on November 28, 2006, at 10:00 a.m.,

in Courtroom 2 of the United States District Court, located at 280 South First Street, San Jose,

California, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why you should not be punished for

disobedience of this court's orders as set forth below.

The events and circumstances upon which this order is based are as follows:

This case was removed to federal court in December 2005. You failed to register with

the court's Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system, as required by General Order No. 45. 

A case management conference was held on May 23, 2006. You appeared. The court

ordered completion of initial disclosures by May 30 and told you to promptly register with ECF. 

You did neither.

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In July, defendants moved to compel initial disclosures. The moving papers were 

properly served upon you at your address of record. On August 29, you failed to 

appear for the hearing. You did not file written opposition, request a continuance of the hearing

or contact the court or opposing counsel to explain your non-appearance. The court granted the

motion to compel and ordered plaintiff to file and serve her initial disclosures by September 5.

The court also ordered $600 sanctions against you and your client, to be paid forthwith to the

attorneys for defendants. You did not comply with the court's orders.

On August 29, the court issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) requiring that you

appear in person on September 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. to explain why you should not be

sanctioned for failure to register with the court's ECF system. The OSC was properly served

upon you at your address of record. You failed to appear as ordered on September 5. You did

not file a written response to the OSC, request a continuance, or contact the court or opposing

counsel with any explanation. 

On September 13, the court's administrative law clerk advised you by telephone message

on your office voice mail that the court was considering sending the United States Marshall to

your office to get a response to the order to show cause. The court's message also urged you to

contact the court. You did not respond. 

In August, defendants moved to compel a psychiatric evaluation of plaintiff and to

compel responses to interrogatories and requests for production. The moving papers were 

properly served upon you at your address of record. On September 26, you failed to 

appear for the hearing on these motions. You did not file written oppositions, request a

continuance of the hearing or contact the court or opposing counsel prior to the hearings to

explain your non-appearance. Instead, after the hearings, you contacted the court's chambers

staff by phone, stating that you were going on disability and inactivating your law license. You

stated that you would move the court the following week for time for your client to find a new

lawyer. You did not do so. The court granted both motions to compel, ordering plaintiff to

submit to a psychological exam, and to respond to the interrogatories and requests for

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production. The orders were properly served upon you at your address of record. You did not

comply with the court's orders, and plaintiff did not appear for her examination.

In summary, to date, you have not submitted initial disclosures, not registered for ECF,

not paid the discovery sanctions, not made any attempt to explain why you ignored the court's

earlier OSC as well as the court's efforts to contact you, not produced plaintiff for the required

psychological examination, not complied with the order concerning interrogatories and

document production, and not applied to be relieved as attorney of record for plaintiff.

In October, defendants moved to dismiss the action with prejudice for failure to

prosecute. The moving papers were properly served upon you at your address of record. On

November 14, you failed to appear for the hearing. You did not file written opposition, request

a continuance of the hearing or contact the court or opposing counsel to explain your nonappearance. The court currently has that motion under submission.

In the absence of good cause, the conduct described on 1:26-28, 2:1-13, and 2:18 to 3:2

constitutes a contempt of this court and is punishable as such. In addition to serving this order

by mail, the Clerk shall have a copy of this order personally served upon you by the United

States Marshall. Should you fail to appear for the hearing as ordered, a warrant will be issued

for your arrest. Absent a life-threatening emergency or similar extreme circumstance, no

continuance of the hearing will be granted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 11/15/06 /s/ Howard R. Lloyd 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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THIS SHALL CERTIFY THAT NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO: 

Patrick John Cimmarusti cimmarustip@cwllaw.com 

Curtis L. Metzgar ecwlg7@earthlink.net

Gregory Tokarczyk 

161 Jackson Street

Suite 200

San Jose, CA 95112

* Counsel are responsible for providing copies of this order to co-counsel.

Date: 11/15/06 /s/ JMM 

 Chambers of Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd

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