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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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700103472v1 - 1 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

JOSEPH R. TIFFANY II #67821 

THEODORE K. BELL #184289 

2475 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1114 

Telephone: (650) 233-4500 

Facsimile: (650) 233-4545 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DIGITAL NETWORKS 

NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

EASTECH ELECTRONICS (TAIWAN), 

INC., a Taiwan corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

DIGITAL NETWORKS NORTH 

AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

DECLARATION OF THEODORE K. 

BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

[THIRD REQUEST] 

**E-filed 11/22/05**

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700103472v1 - 2 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

Defendant Digital Networks North America, Inc. (“DNNA”) and Plaintiff Eastech 

Electronics (Taiwan), Inc. (“Eastech”) respectfully request that this Court grant the Order, 

attached hereto, continuing the date of the Case Management Conference currently 

scheduled for December 9, 2005. Eastech and DNNA are concurrently requesting that the 

Honorable Howard Lloyd reschedule the Settlement Conference to sometime in late 

January 2006 and Eastech and DNNA are hereby requesting that the Case Management 

Conference be continued until after the Settlement Conference, at a date and time 

convenient for the Court. Pursuant to Local Rule No. 6-2(a), the factors necessitating this 

request are contained in the accompanying Declaration of Theodore K. Bell. 

Dated: November 21, 2005 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

By: /s/ 

Theodore K. Bell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Digital Networks North America, Inc. 

Dated: November 21, 2005 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

By: /s/ 

Keith J. Wesley 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Eastech Electronics (Taiwan), Inc. 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated 

by a "conformed" signature (/S/) within this efiled document.

 /s/ 

 Theodore K. Bell 

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700103472v1 - 3 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

DECLARATION OF THEODORE K. BELL 

THEODORE K. BELL declares as follows: 

1. I am an attorney in good standing with the State Bar of California and an 

associate with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel of record for 

Defendant Digital Networks North America, Inc. (“DNNA”) in the above-captioned case. I 

have personal, first-hand knowledge of the facts set forth below, and if called upon to do so, 

could and would testify competently thereto under oath. 

2. Plaintiff Eastech Electronics (Taiwan), Inc. (“Eastech”) filed its Complaint 

against DNNA in this action on October 27, 2004. The Court conducted an Initial Case 

Management Conference on April 1, 2005 and this case was referred to Honorable Judge 

Howard R. Lloyd for a Settlement Conference. 

3. A further Case Management Conference was scheduled to be held on Friday, 

August 5, 2005. On June 24, 2005, DNNA and Eastech filed a joint stipulation to continue 

the Case Management Conference until October 5, 2004 to enable the parties to complete 

written discovery. (Docket No. 15.) The Court approved the parties’ stipulation and 

ordered the Case Management Conference reset for October 7, 2005. (Docket No. 16.) On 

September 30, 2005, DNNA and Eastech filed a second joint stipulation to continue the 

October 7, 2005 Case Management Conference until December 7, 2005 to allow the parties 

to conduct initial, depositions and participate in a Settlement Conference. The Court 

approved the parties’ stipulation on October 4, 2005 and reset the Case Management 

Conference set for December 9, 2005. (Docket No. 17.) As described below, the parties 

are asking for a further continuance of the Case Management Conference because of 

difficulties in scheduling the depositions that the parties would like to complete prior to the 

Settlement Conference. The parties are concurrently asking Judge Howard R. Lloyd to 

reset the Settlement Conference for late January 2006. 

4. Since the filing of the lawsuit, the parties have diligently conducted 

discovery. The parties have now substantially completed written discovery and are 

prepared to take depositions. Counsel for both parties believe the Settlement Conference 

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THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

would be more meaningful if each side has had the opportunity to take one key deposition 

prior to the Conference. The parties have been attempting to schedule these depositions for 

some weeks. The scheduling has been challenging because Eastech’s key witness resides in 

Asia, and DNNA’s key witness is a former employee who travels extensively on business. 

The DNNA deposition has been noticed for November 23, 2005 and the Eastech deposition 

has been noticed for January 9, 2006. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Palo Alto, California, on November 21, 2005. 

 /s/ 

Theodore K. Bell 

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700103472v1 - 5 - JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; DECLARATION OF 

THEODORE K. BELL IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

PROPOSED ORDER Case No. CV04-04542-JF 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that the Case Management Conference 

in this matter is rescheduled to ______________________, 2006. 

Dated: , 2005 

Honorable Judge Jeremy Fogel 

February 3

November 22

/s/electronic signature authorized

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