Ewing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTON EWING, Case No.: 3:20-cv-0880-JLS-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER PROHIBITING EX PARTE

COMMUNICATION WITH THE

v.

COURT AND ANY DIRECT

FREEDOM FOREVER, LLC, et al.. COMMUNICATION WITH

CHAMBERS STAFF

Defendants.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 This matter comes before the Court in light of an ex parte email Plaintiff sent to chambers staff. Local Rule 83.9 prohibits correspondence or communication with the judge outside the presence of opposing counsel. CivLR 83.9 Although Plaintiff did not send his email to “the judge,” the impropriety of sending emails to the individual email addresses of chambers staff is obvious, and both judges and their staff are beholden to codes of conduct generally advising against ex parte communications with litigants. See, e.g., Guenther v. Comm’r, 939 F.2d 758, 760 (9th Cir. 1991) (“Only in light of a ‘compelling justification’ would ex parte communications be tolerated.”)…