Custom Cabs, Inc. v. Jada Builders Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 CUSTOM CABS, INC., Case No.: 19-CV-1376-DMS(WVG)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION
v. FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
JADA BUILDERS INC., [Doc. No. 38.] Defendant.
AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.
18 19 The parties jointly move—presumably under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(g)—for an Order to Show Cause why sanctions should not issue against third-party Bank of America for its prospective failure to produce documents in response to a subpoena. The joint motion is DENIED without prejudice as premature and for lacking basis to show this Court has jurisdiction to issue such an Order. Rule 45(g) permits “[t]he court for the district where compliance is required” to “hold in contempt a person who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the subpoena or an order related to it.” The key phrase in this Rule for the Court’s purposes here is “where compliance…