1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 7 8 ISHAQ MUSTAFAA, et al., Case No. 24-cv-07748-PHK 9 Plaintiffs,

10 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

FAILURE TO FILE PRO HAC VICE

11 CHERNE CONTRACTING APPLICATION

CORPORATION,

12 Re: Dkt. 26 Defendant. 13

14

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

15 On November 6, 2024, Defendant Cherne Contracting Corporation filed a notice of removal. 16 [Dkt. 1]. On March 10, 2025, the Parties stipulated to a protective order and to an order on discovery 17 for electronically stored information. [Dkts 22 and 23]. In the stipulations, Attorney Arthur Rooney, 18 for the Defendant, indicated his pro hac vice application was forthcoming. Id. 19 On March 12, 2025, after granting the Parties’ stipulations, the Court issued a Clerk’s Notice 20 directing Attorney Arthur J. Rooney to file a pro hac vice application no later than March 17, 2025, 21 or remove his name from further filings. Dkt. 24 (order granting stipulation on discovery of 22 electronically stored information); Dkt. 25 (order granting stipulation on protective order); Dkt. 26 23 (Clerk’s Notice); Civil Local Rule 11-3(b). 24 On May 6, 2025, the Parties stipulated to an extension of the mediation deadline. [Dkt. 27]. 25 Mr. Rooney remains on the stipulation and signed the stipulation indicating his pro hac vice is 26 “forthcoming.” Id. As of May 7, 2025, Defendant has not complied with this Court’s Clerk’s Notice 27 or with this Court’s Civil Local rules. Failure to timely file a pro hac vice application may lead to 1 sanctions. See Koji IP, LLC v. Renesas Elecs. Am., Inc., No. 24-CV-03089-PHK, 2025 WL 917110, 2 |} at *1 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 26, 2025). 3 Accordingly, Attorneys for Defendant Cherne Contracting Corporation are ORDERED TO 4 || SHOW CAUSE in a one-page filing why Mr. Rooney has not complied with the Court’s directive 5 and why sanctions should not be imposed. Alternatively, a filing of Mr. Rooney’s pro hac vice 6 application shall automatically discharge this order to show cause. The response to this order to 7 show cause is due no later than May 14, 2025. Failure to timely respond to this order to show cause 8 || may result in the imposition of sanctions. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 Dated: May 7, 2025 11

PETER H. KANG

12 United States Magistrate Judge

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