Opinion
Case No. 1:11-cv-00430-LJO-SMS
10-03-2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. JOHN A. ROLFF, Respondent.
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL #66194 Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Petitioner United States of America
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL #66194
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for Petitioner United States of America
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CIVIL CONTEMPT OF ORDER ISSUED JUNE 10, 2011
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Ctrm: 4 (Honorable Lawrence J. O'Neill)
Upon the petition of BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, including the declaration of Revenue Officer LORENA RAMOS, it is hereby:
ORDERED that the respondent, JOHN A. ROLFF, appear before United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill, in that Judge's courtroom in the United States Courthouse, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 93721, on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 8:30 o'clock a.m., and that respondent show cause as follows:
1. Why respondent, JOHN A. ROLFF, should not be held in civil contempt of this Court for his failure to comply with the Order issued June 10, 2011, directing respondent to comply with the I.R.S. Summons issued on March 12, 2010.
2. Why the respondent should not be incarcerated and ordered to pay a daily fine until he complies with the Order, and ordered to pay a compensatory fine to the United States.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no later than 14 calendar days after the filing of this Order, the respondent shall file and serve a written response to the Petition re: Civil Contempt of Order Issued June 10, 2011. Only those issues brought into controversy by the responsive papers and supported by declaration will be considered at the hearing on this Order, and any uncontested allegation in the Petition Re: Civil Contempt will be considered admitted.
Respondent is hereby notified that a failure to comply with this Order will subject respondent to possible further sanctions for contempt of Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Lawrence J. O'Neill
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE