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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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EX PARTE APPLICATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Thomas M. Kerr (State Bar No. 241530) 

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

560 Mission Street, 25th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.268.2000 

Facsimile: 415.268.1999 

tom.kerr@hro.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MAVERICK RECORDING CO.; VIRGIN 

RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; WARNER BROS. 

RECORDS INC.; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT; UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; 

ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP.; AND BMG 

MUSIC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MAVERICK RECORDING COMPANY, a 

California joint venture; VIRGIN RECORDS 

AMERICA, INC., a California corporation; 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a Delaware 

corporation; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware general 

partnership; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; ATLANTIC 

RECORDING CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation; and BMG MUSIC, a New York 

general partnership,, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JAMES CURTIS,

Defendant. 

Case No.: 3:05-CV-03848-JSW 

Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO VACATE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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AS MODIFIED

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 Plaintiffs hereby request that the Court vacate the case management conference currently set 

for September 29, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. Defendant have failed to answer or appear in this action, and 

Plaintiffs have requested a Clerk’s Entry of Default, filed together with this ex parte application. 

The parties were in settlement discussions in this matter, however Plaintiffs have since lost contact 

with defendant and a settlement is no longer possible. Plaintiffs expect to file a motion for default 

judgment in the next sixty (60) days. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court vacate the case 

management conference currently set for September 29, at 1:30 p.m. 

Dated: September 15, 2006 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

By: /s/ Thomas M. Kerr 

 Thomas M. Kerr 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MAVERICK RECORDING CO.; VIRGIN 

RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; WARNER BROS. 

RECORDS INC.; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT; UMG RECORDINGS, 

INC.; ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP.; AND 

BMG MUSIC 

ORDER

 Good cause having been shown: 

 IT IS ORDERED that the Case Management Conference previously set for September 29, 

2006, at 1:30 p.m. is hereby vacated 

Dated: __________________ By:_________________________________ 

Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

United States District Court Judge 

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CONTINUED to December 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. September 18, 2006

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