Celestine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY CELESTINE, Case No.: 2:17-cv-00597 - JLT

Plaintiff, ORDER TO RUSSELL HIGGINS, STEVE

MIKHOV, SEPHER DAGHIHIAN AND ERIK

v. SCHMITT TO APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE

WHY A CONTEMPT CITATION SHOULD NOT

FCA US LLC, ISSUE

Defendant. ORDER SETTING CIVIL CONTEMPT HEARING

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

On July 15, 2019, the Court, court staff and the jury members assembled for trial. However, the attorneys and the parties did not appear. Consequently, the Court ordered all counsel of record to appear and to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for their conduct. Nevertheless, Larry Celestine and some of his attorneys failed to appear at the hearing. Thus, the Court ORDERS Russell Higgins, Steve Mikhov, Sepher Daghighian and Erik Schmitt to appear in person on September 16, 2019 and show cause why civil contempt should not issue. I. Background This matter involved claims that the defendant…