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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OWEN P. O’DONNELL, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. C 05-02601 PJH

v. ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

CONTINUE CMC; ORDER

REQUIRING COUNSEL IN 

CASE NO. 05-4800 TO APPEAR AT

DECEMBER 15, 2005 CMC

CAPITOL BANCORP,

Defendant.

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ELLEN BURKE, Related

Trustee of the 1986 Rubke Living Trust, et al.,

No. C 05-4800 MJJ

Plaintiffs,

v.

CAPITOL BANCORP, et al., 

Defendants.

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In light of this court’s order relating the above cases filed today, the parties’ request to

continue the December 15, 2005 case management conference is DENIED. Counsel for all

parties in both cases 05-2601 and 05-4800 shall appear at the case management conference

to be held onDecember 15, 2005,at 2:30 p.m., inCourtroom3,17thFloor, FederalBuilding,450

Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California before the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton. 

Counsel shall meet and confer as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) prior to the Case

Management Conference with respect to those subjects set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c) and all

of the agenda items listed below. Counselshall file a joint case management statement nolater

than Monday,December 9, 2005 addressing each agenda item in the order in which they are

listed below. As required by Civil L. R. 16-9, the case management statement shall
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include the joint discovery/disclosure report required by Rule 26(f). A proposed order is not

necessary. Following the conference,the court will enter its own Case Management and Pretrial

Order. If any party is proceeding without counsel, separate statements may be filed by each

party. 

Each party shall appear personally or by counsel prepared to address all of the matters

referred to in this Order and with authority to enter stipulations and make admissions pursuant 

to this Order

AGENDA ITEMS

1. Jurisdiction: Does the court have subject matter jurisdiction over all of the 

plaintiff’s claims and defendant’s counter-claims? What is the basis ofthatjurisdiction? Are all

the parties subject to the court’s jurisdiction? Do any parties remain to be served?

2. Facts: What is the factual basis of plaintiff’s claims and defendant’s defenses? What is

the factual basis of defendant’s counter-claims and plaintiff’s defenses? Provide a brief

description of the events underlying the action.

3. Legal Issues: What are the legal issues genuinely in dispute?

4. Narrowing of Issues: Are there dispositive or partially dispositive issues appropriate for

decision by motion or by agreement?

5. Motions: What motions are anticipated?

6. Discovery: What discovery does each party intend to pursue? Can discovery be limited

in any manner?

7. Confidentiality: Does either party anticipate the need for a protective order for

 confidential documents disclosed in discovery or the need to file any documents under seal?

8. Relief: Whatreliefdoes plaintiff seek? What is the amount of damages sought by plaintiff’s

claims and by defendant’s counter-claims? Explain how damages are computed.

9. ADR: Which ADR process do the parties jointly request? 

10. Settlement: What are the prospects for settlement? Does any party wish to have a

settlement conference with a magistrate judge?

11. Magistrate Judge Trials: Will the parties consent to have a magistrate judge conduct all

further proceedings including trial?

12. Trial: Will this case be tried by jury or to the court? Is it feasible or desirable to bifurcate

issues for trial? What is the anticipated length of the trial? When considering these issues, bear

in mind that trials are conducted Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 

1:30 p.m., with two 15-minute breaks. Is it possible to reduce the length of the trial by stipulation,

use of summaries or statements, or other expedited means of presenting evidence? 
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13. Related Cases: Are there any related cases pending in this Court?

14. Class Actions: If a class action, how and when will the class be certified?

15. Scheduling: What are the earliest reasonable dates for discovery cutoff, hearing

dispositive motions, pretrial conference and trial? When considering this issue, bear in mind that

the court hears dispositive motions no later than 120 days before trial.

16. Suchother matters as any party considers conducive to the just speedy and inexpensive

resolution of this matter.

17. In order to assist the court in evaluating any need for disqualification or recusal,

the parties shall disclose to the court in the case management statement, the

identities of any persons, associations, firms, partnerships, corporations

(includingparentandcontrolled subsidiary corporations) or other entities known

by the parties to have either 1) a financial interest in the subject matter at issue or

in a party to the proceeding or 2) any other kind of interest that could be

substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding. 

If the disclosure of non-party interested entities or persons has already been

made as required by Civil Local Rule 3-16, the parties may simply reference the

pleading or document in which the disclosure was made.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 8, 2005

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge