Quintanilla Vasquez v. Libre by Nexus, Inc.

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 Case No. 17-cv-00755 CW 9 JUAN QUINTANILLA VASQUEZ, et al., 10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Plaintiffs, 11 (Re: Dkt. No. 232) v. 12 LIBRE BY NEXUS, INC., 13 Defendant. 14

15 On November 23, 2022, Plaintiffs moved for an order to hold the principals of Libre by 16 Nexus, Inc. (LBN), Micheal Donovan, Evan Ajin, and Richard Moore, in civil contempt. Docket 17 No. 232. Plaintiffs supported that motion with evidence indicating that those individuals have 18 notice of the court orders at issue and that they are legally identified with LBN. See id.; see also 19 Peterson v. Highland Music, Inc., 140 F.3d 1313, 1323-24 (9th Cir. 1998), as amended on denial 20 of reh'g and reh'g en banc (June 15, 1998) (holding that, for a non-party to “be held liable in 21 [civil] contempt,” the non-party “must either abet the defendant [in violating the court’s order] or 22 be legally identified with [the defendant]” and the non-party must “have notice of the order” that 23 was allegedly violated) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). 24 An opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion was due on December 7, 2022, and no opposition was 25 filed. No later than December 27, 2022, Donovan, Ajin, and Moore shall show cause why civil 26 contempt sanctions should not be imposed against them. Any response to this order shall be 27 supported with admissible evidence. The Court will consider any response filed by Donovan, ] Counsel for LBN is hereby ordered to provide a copy of this order to Donovan, Ajin, and 2 || Moore within one business day of the date this order is filed, and to file a declaration attesting to 3 || that within two days thereafter. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. ° abxet+—— 6 Dated: December 12, 2022 CLAUDIA WILKEN 7 United States District Judge 8 9

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