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Nature of Suit Code: 450
Nature of Suit: Interstate Commerce
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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06cv1479-LAB (BLM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., a

California corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

PHOTOMEDEX, INC., a Delaware

corporation, and DOES 1-25,

inclusive,

Defendants. 

PHOTOMEDEX, INC., a Delaware

corporation,

Counterclaim Plaintiff,

v.

RA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., a

California corporation, DEAN

STEWART IRWIN, an individual,

and ROES 1-100, inclusive,

Counterclaim Defendants. 

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Case No. 06cv1479-LAB (BLM)

ORDER CONVERTING EARLY NEUTRAL

EVALUATION CONFERENCE TO

TELEPHONIC EARLY NEUTRAL

EVALUATION CONFERENCE

On September 21, 2006, John Leonard, counsel for Defendant,

contacted this Court to request that the Early Neutral Evaluation

Conference currently scheduled for October 3, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. be

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continued. In support, counsel represented that an Early Neutral

Evaluation Conference would be more productive once the Court has ruled

on Plaintiff’s and Counterclaim Defendants’ pending motion to dismiss.

Doc. No. 10.

Despite the pending motion to dismiss, this Court finds it

inappropriate to postpone convening an Early Neutral Evaluation

Conference at this time. See CivLR 16.1(c) (the “judicial officer shall

hold [] conferences as he or she deems appropriate”). However, the

Early Neutral Evaluation conference is hereby CONVERTED to a telephonic,

attorneys-only Early Neutral Evaluation Conference. This Court will

initiate the conference call and contact counsel on October 3, 2006 at

1:30 p.m. All other requirements set forth in this Court’s Notice and

Order Setting Early Neutral Evaluation Conference [Doc. No. 8] remain

in full force and effect.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 21, 2006

BARBARA L. MAJOR

United States Magistrate Judge

COPY TO:

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

ALL COUNSEL

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