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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROYAL YATES,

Plaintiff(s),

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GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL and CURT

WILLIAMS,

Defendant(s).

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No. C05-1510 BZ

BRIEFING ORDER

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-9(d), plaintiff is ORDERED

by August 9, 2006 to file a response to GunnAllen Financial’s

(“GunnAllen”) motion for leave to file a motion for

reconsideration on two points only: 

1. Whether the motion is timely, given that a judgment

has been entered, as contemplated by Civil Local Rule 7-9(a)

but, the remittitur having been rejected, there will be a new

trial on at least one issue; and 

2. The impact of the amendment to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 51 in 2003 on the court's prior ruling that

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GunnAllen cannot now claim that instructions it proffered

should not have been given because of the invited error

doctrine. If GunnAllen wishes to reply, it shall do so by

August 11, 2006.

Dated: August 3, 2006

 Bernard Zimmerman

United States Magistrate Judge

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