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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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EnerTrode, Inc. v. General Capacitor Co. Ltd et. al.

Case No. 16-CV- 2458 HSG Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

Perry J. Narancic, SBN 206820

LEXANALYTICA, PC

2225 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94303

www.lexanalytica.com

pjn@lexnalytica.com

Tel: 650-655-2800

Attorneys for All Defendants

GENERAL CAPACITOR CO. LIMITED., JIANPING 

ZHENG aka JIM ZHENG, GENERAL CAPACITOR 

INTERNATIONAL, INC., GENERAL CAPACITOR, 

LLC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ENERTRODE, INC. CASE NO. 4:16-cv-02458 HSG

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT

Plaintiff,

v.

GENERAL CAPACITOR CO. LIMITED., JIANPING ZHENG aka JIM ZHENG, GENERAL 

CAPACITOR INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

GENERAL CAPACITOR, LLC, AND DOES 1-100.

Defendants.

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, the parties in this case, Enertrode, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) and 

General Capacitor Co. Limited., Jianping Zheng aka Jim Zheng, General Capacitor International, 

Inc., General Capacitor, LLC (together, “Defendants”) submit this stipulation to extend until 

January 23, 2017 the time for Defendants to respond to the complaint in this action.

WHEREAS this action was originally filed in Alameda County Superior Court on March 

25, 2016, and was removed to this Court on May 5, 2016 (Dkt. No. 1);

WHEREAS on May 5, 2016, Defendants filed a separate action against Linda Zhong

(“Zhong”) a former employee and president of EnterTrode, Inc., the Plainitff in the present 

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action (Dkt. No. 1, Case No. 16-265, filed May, 5, 2016 (N.D. Fla.) (the “Florida Action”); 

WHEREAS on May 12, 2016, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of 

Jurisdiction or Transfer Venue (Dkt. No. 10) in this Court, which was denied on December 29, 

2016 (Dkt. No.29).

WHEREAS on May 25, 2016, Zhong (the defendant in the Florida Action), filed a motion 

to transfer the Florida Action to this District (Florida Action, Dkt. No. 4); 

WHEREAS on January 12, 2017, the Florida court issued an order transferring the Florida 

Action to this District (Florida Action, Dkt. No. 29);

WHEREAS under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 12(a)(4), Defendants must file a response to 

Plaintiff’s complaint in this action within fourteen (14) days from this Court’s ruling at Dkt. No. 

29;

WHEREAS Defendants request the Extension on the grounds that the ruling by the court in 

the Florida Action makes ripe Defendants’ intent to seek consolidation of the Florida Action with 

the within action. (Declaration of Perry J. Narancic ISO Stipulation to Extend Time for 

Defendants to Respond to Complaint (“Narancic Decl.”); ¶ 9). 

WHEREAS such a consolidation would advance judicial efficiency by having all related 

claims between the Plaintiff, Defendants and Zhong resolved in a single proceeding;

WHEREAS Plaintiff’s counsel has agreed to stipulate such a proposed consolidation (Id.);

WHEREAS the Extension would permit Defendants to consider the content of their 

response, while the Court considers the parties’ forthcoming stipulation for consolidation; 

WHEREAS the content of such a responses may change, depending on whether the Court 

grants the parties’ planned stipulation for consolidation (Id.);

WHEREAS Plaintiff intends to file the consolidation stipulation on January 17, 2017, 

together with the parties’ Joint Case Management Statement;

WHEREAS Plaintiff’s counsel does not oppose the Extension and has concurred in the 

filing of this stipulation; 

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WHEREAS the Extension will not alter the date of any event or any deadline already fixed 

by Court order. Nor will the Extension have any effect on the schedule of this case, since the 

Court has set a case management hearing on January 24, 2017 to consider a case schedule 

(Narancic Decl., ¶ 11);

WHEREAS the only other request for changing time made by the parties has been a request 

to extend time to conduct mediation (Dkt. No. 26), which was granted by the Court (Dkt. No. 28). 

The parties will participate in mediation on Feb. 2, 2016 (Narancic Decl., P12).

NOW THEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that this Court order that the 

deadline for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s complaint is extended through January 23, 

2017.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: January 12, 2017

/s/ Perry J. Narancic

Perry J. Narancic, SBN 206820

LEXANALYTICA, PC

2225 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94303

www.lexanalytica.com

pjn@lexnalytica.com

Tel: 650-655-2800

Attorney for all Defendants

GENERAL CAPACITOR CO. 

LIMITED., JIANPING ZHENG aka 

JIM ZHENG, GENERAL 

CAPACITOR INTERNATIONAL, 

INC., GENERAL CAPACITOR, LLC

/s/ Michael W. Battin

Michael W. Batttin, SBN 183870

Navigato & Battin, LLP

755 West A Street, Suite 150

San Diego, CA 92101

Attorney for Plaintiff

ENERTRODE, INC.

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE appearing therefore, the deadline for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s 

complaint is extended through January 23, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: January 18, 2017

By: 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

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ATTESTATION

I, Perry J. Narancic, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

document. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories hereto 

have concurred in this filing.

Dated: January 12, 2017

/s/ Perry J. Narancic

Perry J. Narancic, SBN 206820

LEXANALYTICA, PC

2225 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94303

www.lexanalytica.com

pjn@lexnalytica.com

Tel: 650-655-2800

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