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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Buck Consultants, Inc., et al.,

Defendants.

 /

NO. C 05-02797 JW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

RE: SETTLEMENT

In a letter dated October 31, 2005, Russell D. Atkinson, counsel for Plaintiff Santa Clara Valley

Transportation Authority, informed the Court that the above-entitled matter has reached a settlement. In

light of the settlement, the Court vacates all trial and pretrial dates. On or before December 19, 2005, the

parties shall file a stipulated dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). 

If a dismissal is not filed by the specified date, all parties shall appear in Courtroom No. 8, 4th

Floor, United States District Court, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California on January 23, 2006 at

9:00 a.m. and to show cause, if any, why the case should not be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

41(b). On or before December 19, 2005, the parties shall file a joint statement in response to the Order to

Show Cause. The joint statement shall set forth the status of the activities of the parties for finalizing the

settlement and how much additional time is requested to finalize and file the dismissal. If a voluntary

dismissal is filed as ordered, the Order to Show Cause hearing will be automatically vacated. The case

management conference currently scheduled for January 23, 2006 is vacated.

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Failure to comply with any part of this Order will be deemed sufficient grounds to dismiss this

action.

Dated: November 9, 2005

05eciv2797oscsettl

 /s/ James Ware 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Russell D. Atkinson Russell.Atkinson@vta.org

Theodore T. Ting tting@reedsmith.com

Suzanne B. Gifford

3331 North First Street, C-2

San Jose, CA 95134-1906

Thomas L. Allen

Reed Smith LLP

425 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Dated: November 9, 2005 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By:__/s/ JW Chambers_______

Ronald L. Davis

Courtroom Deputy

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