Brooke
Brooke v. Independence Menlo Hotel Owner LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 THERESA BROOKE, Case No. 19-cv-06689-VKD
Plaintiff, ORDER ADMONISHING PLAINTIFF'S v. COUNSEL PETER KRISTOFER
STROJNIK
INDEPENDENCE MENLO HOTEL
OWNER LLC,
12 Defendant.
13 On January 21, 2020, after plaintiff’s counsel failed to appear on behalf of his client at a show cause hearing, the Court issued a second order to show cause requiring Peter Kristofer Strojnik to explain why the Court should not impose monetary or other sanctions against him and/or his client for failure to comply with several notices issued by the Clerk of the Court, failure to respond to this Court’s order, and failure to appear at the first show cause hearing. Dkt. No. 18. Mr. Strojnik’s response to this second order is remarkable. While he purports to apologize for disregarding his obligations to the Court, he devotes the bulk of his response to criticizing defense counsel. Dkt. No. 19 ¶¶ 3-10. Mr. Strojnik…