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Parties Involved:
James Field
Plaintiff
Joseph LaChapelle
Plaintiff
Klaus Maier
Defendant
nComputing, Inc.
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH LACHAPELLE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KLAUS MAIER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04216-JSC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiffs Joseph Lachapelle and James Field (“Plaintiffs”) filed an action against 

Defendants Dong Kwan Kim (“Kim”), Young Song (“Song”), ZeroDesktop, Inc. 

(“ZeroDesktop”), Klaus Maier (“Maier”), nComputing, Inc. (“nComputing”), Daehong Technew 

Corp. (“DTC”), and a number of Doe Defendants (collectively “Defendants”) to recover allegedly 

fraudulent transfers and for damages. See Lachapelle v. Kim, No. 3:15-cv-2195 (the “Initial 

Action”). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants engaged in a scheme to transfer assets from 

nComputing to ZeroDesktop to prevent Plaintiffs from satisfying an outstanding judgment against 

Kim. When nComputing and Maier failed to appear in the Initial Action, pursuant to the parties’ 

consent to severance, the Court severed the claims against defaulting defendants nComputing and 

Maier, and assigned to the severed case to the undersigned judge. LaChapelle v. Kim, No. 3:15-

cv-2195, Dkt. No. 32 (Sept. 4, 2015). Plaintiffs have since filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in 

the Initial Action, listing nComputing and Maier in the case caption, but not referencing this 

action’s case number. LaChapelle v. Kim, No. 3:15-cv-2195, Dkt. No. 50 (Dec. 17, 2015). Given 

that the claims are identical, Plaintiffs are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE by January 13, 2016

why the instant action against the defaulting defendants should not be dismissed without prejudice 

pursuant to the notice of dismissal filed in the Initial Action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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