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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

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

Carol Shloss,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Seán Sweeney, et al.,

Stephen James Joyce,

Defendants. /

No. C 06-03718 JW 

Related Case No. C 07-00517 MEJ

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Relate Cases pursuant to Civil Local Rules

3-12 and 7-11. (See Docket Item No. 62.) The Court finds that the above-captioned cases involve

wholly overlapping questions of law and fact. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a),

the Court orders the actions consolidated. The Clerk shall consolidate these actions such that the

earlier filed action, C 06-03718 JW, is the lead case. All future filings shall be filed in C 06-03718

JW.

In Carol Shloss v. Stephen James Joyce, No. C 07-0517 MEJ, Plaintiff shall effect service of

process on Defendant by September 10, 2007. The parties shall appear for a status conference on

September 10, 2007 at 10 AM. 

Dated: March 16, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

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

Anthony T. Falzone anthony.falzone@stanford.edu

Bernard A. Burk bburk@howardrice.com

David S. Olson dolson@law.stanford.edu

Dorothy Rebecca McLaughlin dmclaughlin@kvn.com

Jennifer Stisa Granick JENNIFER@LAW.STANFORD.EDU

Maria K. Nelson mknelson@jonesday.com

Mark A. Lemley mlemley@kvn.com

Matthew Mickle Werdegar mmw@kvn.com

Dated: March 16, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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