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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUMITOMO MITSUBISHI No. C-05-2133 SBA (JCS)

SILICON CORPORATION, ET AL., Related w/ Case No. C-01-4925 SBA

Plaintiff(s),

NOTICE OF REFERENCE AND ORDER

v. RE DISCOVERY PROCEDURES

MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, (E-FILING CASE)

INC.,

Defendant(s).

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to the undersigned for all discovery matters. Please be advised

that if a specific motion was filed before the District Court prior to this referral, the noticed date may no

longer be in effect. All hearing dates are subject to the availability of the Court's calendar. Please contact

the Courtroom Deputy, Karen Hom, at (415) 522-2035, to confirm or, if necessary, reschedule a hearing

date. Regardless of whether the Court reschedules a hearing date, all opposition and reply papers shall be

timely filed according to the originally noticed hearing date, pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-3.

LAW AND MOTION PROCEDURES

Civil law and motion is heard on Friday mornings, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, 

United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102. 

Motions to compel may be noticed without reserving a hearing date, subject to the Court's

availability. 

Discovery motions may be addressed to the Court in three ways:

1. A motion may be noticed on not less than 35 days’ notice pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-2.

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2. Alternatively, any party may seek an order shortening time under Civil L. R. 6-3 if the

circumstances justify that relief. 

3. In emergencies during discovery events, the Court is available pursuant to Civil L. R. 37-

1(b). 

In the event a discovery dispute arises, counsel for the party seeking discovery shall in good faith

confer in person with counsel for the party failing to make the discovery in an effort to resolve the dispute

without court action, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and Civil L. R. 37-1(a). The meeting must be in

person, except where good cause is shown why a telephone meeting is adequate. A declaration setting

forth these meet and confer efforts, and the final positions of each party, shall be included in the moving

papers. The Court will not consider discovery motions unless the moving party has complied with Fed. R.

Civ. P. 37 and Civil L. R. 37-1(a).

A party or counsel has a continuing duty to supplement the initial disclosure when required under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e)(1).

Law and motion matters may be submitted without argument upon stipulation of the parties and

notification of the Court no later than 4:30 p.m. the day before the hearing. Pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-7(e),

filed motions may be withdrawn without leave of the Court, within seven (7) days of the date for service of

the opposition. Thereafter, leave of the Court must be sought.

All filings of documents relating to motions referred to the undersigned shall list the civil case

number and the district court judge’s initials followed by the designation “(JCS)”.

ELECTRONIC FILING AND COURTESY COPIES

Please refer to Civil L. R. 5-4 and General Order No. 45 for the Northern District of California for

information relating to electronic filing procedures and requirements. All documents shall be filed in

compliance with the Civil Local Rules. Documents not filed in compliance with those rules will not be

considered by the Court.

BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

FILING, THE PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE DIRECTLY WITH CHAMBERS ONE 

CONFORMED, PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED

"JCS’S CHAMBERS' COPY."

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The failure of counsel or a party to abide by this Order may result in sanctions pursuant to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2005

 /s/ Joseph C. Spero 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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