Opinion
21 Civ. 10413 (JPC)
05-17-2022
CITIGROUP INC., Petitioner, v. LUIS SEBASTIAN SAYEG SEADE, Respondent.
ORDER
JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge
On April 21, 2022, Citigroup Inc. moved for further contempt sanctions against Respondent Luis Sebastian Sayeg Saede. See Dkts. 58, 59. The Court ordered Mr. Sayeg to file any opposition to the motion for further contempt sanctions by April 28, 2022, with any reply due by May 2, 2022. See Dkt. 56. To date, Mr. Sayeg has not opposed the motion for further contempt sanctions. But Citigroup has also not filed proof of service of the motion for further contempt sanctions on the docket.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5 and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 83.6 both require service of the motion on Mr. Sayeg, who has never appeared in this action. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(a)(1)(D) (stating that “a written motion” “must be served on every party”); Local Civ. R. 83.6(a) (requiring that when a person has not appeared in an action, a motion for civil contempt against that party requires “service . . . be made personally, together with a copy of this Local Civil Rule 83.6, in the manner provided for by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of a summons”). If Citigroup has not served its motion for further contempt sanctions and the accompanying papers on Mr. Sayeg, then Citigroup shall do so immediately and file proof of service on the docket by May 18, 2022. If Citigroup has already served Mr. Sayeg, then Citigroup shall file proof of that service on the docket by May 18, 2022.
SO ORDERED.