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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:2801 Petroleum Marketing Practices Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS, LLC,

Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant,

v.

CROSSROAD PETROLEUM, INC., ET 

AL.,

Defendants and Counter-Claimants.

AND RELATED CONSOLIDATED 

ACTIONS

Case No.: 12cv665 JLS (JLB) Lead Case

ORDER (1) SETTING ADDITIONAL 

TRIAL FORMAT STATUS 

HEARING; (2) DIRECTING 

ATTORNEY LACEY TO APPEAR 

AT TRIAL FORMAT STATUS 

HEARING; (3) DIRECTING 

PARTIES TO FILE A PROPOSED 

AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER; 

AND (4) DIRECTING ATTORNEY 

SCHILLER TO SHOW CAUSE 

The Court held a Trial Format Status hearing in the above captioned matter at 9 a.m. 

on July 21, 2016. In light of the discussion at that hearing, including the noted June 20, 

2016 disbarment of attorney David Schiller, who has represented more than 100 defendants 

and counter-claimants in this matter (often referred to as the “Schiller Defendants”),

another hearing on trial format is necessary. The Court therefore SETS an additional Trial 

Format Status Hearing for 2:30 p.m. on August 11, 2016. The Court notes that Mr. 

Schiller’s co-counsel, Pamela Lacey, who also represents the Schiller Defendants, did not 

appear at the July 21, 2016 hearing. The Court DIRECTS Ms. Lacey to appear in person 

at the August 11, 2016 hearing. 

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The parties SHALL confer and submit on or before August 4, 2016, a joint motion 

and proposed amended scheduling order modifying the Court’s February 17, 2016 Order 

Granting in Part Joint Motion to Set New Pretrial Deadlines, ECF No. 486.

Further, on its own motion, the Court ORDERS Mr. Schiller to show cause why this 

Court should not take judicial notice of his June 20, 2016 disbarment as indicated on the 

website for State Bar of Texas. See attorney search function at www.texasbar.com; see 

also Singh v. Gonzales, 231 F. App’x 648, 650 n.1 (9th Cir. 2007) (taking judicial notice 

of an attorney’s disbarment pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201); Forsythe v. Brown, 281 F.R.D. 

577, 582 (D. Nev. 2012) (same); Fed. R. Evid 201(e) (“[A] party is entitled to be heard on 

the propriety of taking judicial notice and the nature of the fact to be noticed.”). Mr. 

Schiller SHALL file a response to this Order on or before July 28, 2016. The Court 

anticipates that a written response to this Order will provide Mr. Schiller an adequate 

opportunity to be heard, and will set a hearing in this matter if it later deems one necessary. 

Failure to submit a timely response to this Order will result in revocation of Mr. Schiller’s 

pro hac vice status and termination from this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 21, 2016

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