Fajardo
Fajardo v. United States Department of State
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BERTHA VAZQUEZ FAJARDO, et Case No.: 16cv2980-LAB (MDD) al.,
ORDER REQUIRING COUNSEL
Plaintiff, TO REFRAIN FROM EX PARTE v. COMMUNICATION AND
MISUSE OF EMAIL ADDRESS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
15 OF STATE, et al., 16 Defendant.
18 It has come to the Court’s attention that Plaintiff’s counsel has been phoning chambers without opposing counsel on the line, suggesting that the stay should be lifted and asking what he should do to effect this. Chambers staff properly declined to offer an explanation or answer, or to predict what action the Court might take or when. Attorneys are reminded to refrain from requesting legal advice from Court staff, and to refrain from attempting to engage in ex parte communications. Calling chambers staff to ask how to have a stay lifted amounts to asking for legal advice. It is particularly inappropriate here, where the matter is disputed and where other counsel or litigants are not…