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Parties Involved:
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
Damyantiban Patel
Defendant
Hasmukhbai Patel
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

HASMUKHBAI PATEL AND 

DAMYANTIBAN PATEL,

Defendants.

No. 2:17-cv-00573-KJM-CKD

ORDER

On January 8, 2020, the court held a judgment-debtor examination in this matter. (ECF 

No. 46.) Plaintiff appeared through counsel and defendants, who proceed without counsel, failed 

to appear. (Id.)

At the hearing plaintiff requested the court issue a bench warrant against defendant 

Damyantiban Patel due to her failure to appear at multiple hearings. (Id.) The court took the 

matter under submission, and asked plaintiff to provide authority for issuing a bench warrant in 

similarly-situated cases. (Id.) Plaintiff did not provide the court with authority, but rather filed a 

“proposed certification of facts of contempt” and a proposed order, neither of which cite to any 

statute or case law. (See ECF No. 47.) 

After considering the nature of this case, the stage of litigation, and defendant’s pro se 

status, the court declines to issue a bench warrant for defendant at this time. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request that a bench warrant be 

issued for defendant is DENIED. 

Dated: January 22, 2020

16/johnson.573

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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