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Parties Involved:
Jose Ochoa
Respondent
United States of America
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Petitioner,

 v.

JOSE OCHOA,

 Respondent.

1:14-cv-01335-AWI-SKO

ORDER AFTER HEARING RE: 

CIVIL CONTEMPT

An order to show cause hearing was held on November 9, 2015, to determine whether 

Respondent Jose Ochoa should not be held in civil contempt of this Court for his failure to comply 

with the Order filed November 17, 2014 (Doc. 9), directing Respondent to comply with the IRS 

Summons issued on October 31, 2013. At the hearing, Petitioner’s counsel advised the Court that 

Respondent was on the road to compliance and requested a status conference be set in 45 days. 

A status conference was held on January 11, 2016. Present at the hearing were Assistant 

U.S. Attorney Bobbie J. Montoya on behalf of Petitioner, along with IRS Revenue Officer 

Michael J. Papasergia, and Respondent Jose Ochoa (Pro Se), along with a Spanish interpreter. 

Counsel for Petitioner reported to the Court that Respondent had failed to follow through as he had 

indicated he would at the November 9, 2015 hearing. The Court instructed the parties to go out into 

the hall and try to come to an agreement. Upon their return, Respondent advised the Court of his

intent to comply with the tax summons enforcement order; counsel for Petitioner requested that 

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Respondent be given additional time to comply but further requested that he be fined $250 per day 

until compliance is met. 

After thorough consideration of this matter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. On or before close of business on January 20, 2016, Respondent Jose Ochoa shall 

comply with the Order filed November 17, 2014 (Doc. 9), directing Respondent to comply with the 

IRS Summons issued on October 31, 2013. 

2. If Respondent fails to comply by the January 20, 2016 deadline set forth above, then 

starting on January 21, 2016, Respondent shall be fined the sum of $250 per day until compliance is 

achieved. Any fine that accrues shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court, Eastern District of 

California. 

3. The Court reserves until later a decision on any remedial penalties against 

Respondent to compensate the IRS and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for costs in bringing this 

contempt procedure, or whether any other remedy for civil contempt is warranted, including 

additional fines and/or arrest and coercive confinement. 

4. A further status conference is set for Monday, February 8, 2016, at 1:30 p.m., in 

Courtroom 2, before District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. The hearing can be vacated if Respondent is 

in compliance and the issue is resolved, in which case counsel for Petitioner shall file a proposed 

order vacating the hearing. 

THE CLERK SHALL SERVE this and further orders by mail to Jose Ochoa,1536 W. 

Laguna Avenue, Riverdale, CA 93656. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 14, 2016 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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