The U.S. District Court for the NMI has warned Gold Mantis Construction Decoration (CNMI) LLC that it would rule against the company if it continues to remain noncompliant.<\/p>\n
District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona issued a show-cause order against Gold Mantis for not complying with a previous order regarding discovery in the lawsuit of seven workers.<\/p>\n
Manglona ordered Gold Mantis to show cause in writing as to why the court should not enter default judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. <\/p>\n
In addition, the court also wants an explanation from Gold Mantis on why the court should not treat its noncompliance as contempt of court, and why the court should not impose a civil contempt sanction requiring Gold Mantis to pay a $2,000 daily fine from the time all discovery and affidavits were to be produced.<\/p>\n
Manglona ordered Gold Mantis to respond no later than Nov. 15 at 5pm. She has also scheduled a hearing for Nov. 25 at 9am.<\/p>\n
Aaron Halegua, who represents Tianming Wang, one of the seven construction workers, filed a status report on Nov. 5 informing the court that Gold Mantis has not complied with any of the seven items in a previous court order. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo discovery was tendered; no affidavits were provided (or any drafts thereof); no updated discovery responses were served; and Gold Mantis did not file a certification that it had complied with the order. Indeed, Gold Mantis has not filed any status update with the court,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Back in Oct. 19, Manglona ordered Gold Mantis to produce all bank records, produce all records held by Gold Mantis\u2019 accountant, produce all documents related to a People\u2019s Republic of China government inquiry into Gold Mantis\u2019 operations on Saipan, produce all responsive electronically-stored information or ESI, provide detailed affidavits describing Gold Mantis\u2019 efforts to preserve and search for ESI, provide updated responses to the plaintiffs\u2019 request for proposals and interrogatories, and submit a certification of compliance with the order. Gold Mantis was ordered to provide these by Oct. 29. <\/p>\n
Manglona\u2019s order also directed the plaintiffs to file a status report by Nov. 6.<\/p>\n
Aside from Wang, the other plaintiffs in the case are Dong Han, Yongjun Meng, Liangcai Sun, Youli Wang, Qingchun Xu and Duxin Yan.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs worked for MCC International and Gold Mantis, former contractor and subcontractor of Imperial Pacific International.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs are suing the defendants for forced labor, negligence, and liability for employees of subcontractors. The plaintiffs are also alleging human trafficking violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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