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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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1 Defendant William Baker joins this motion but makes no additional arguments why

the motion should be granted.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION—C-04-03364 RMW

AND RELATED CASES 

JAH

E-filed on 1/11/06 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE NETOPIA, INC., SECURITIES

LITIGATION

______________________________________

THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

ALL ACTIONS

C-04-03364 RMW 

AND RELATED CASES

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS'

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION

FOR RECONSIDERATION

[Re Docket Nos. 106, 108]

Defendants Netopia, Inc., Alan Lefkof, and David Kadish move1 for leave to file a motion

for reconsideration of this court's December 15, 2005, order denying in part and granting in part the

defendants' motion to dismiss or strike certain portions of the plaintiffs' consolidated amended

complaint. The moving defendants complain that this court incorrectly determined that a motion to

dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) cannot be directed against a subpart of a complaint other than a

claim for relief. The defendants conceded, however, at the hearing on the motion that they had no

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2 The transcript of the hearing reveals the following exchange:

THE COURT: So what legal authority is there to say you can dismiss a portion of a

complaint?

MS. BRODY: Maybe a better way to attack it, then, would be to strike it.

Transcript of Dec. 9, 2005, hearing at 19.

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AND RELATED CASES 

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legal authority for their position.2 Defendants' motion for leave to file a motion for reconsideration

is denied.

DATED: 1/09/06 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION—C-04-03364 RMW

AND RELATED CASES 

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A copy of this order was mailed on 1/11/06 to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Michael David Braun service@braunlawgroup.com 

Andrew M. Schatz aschatz@snlaw.net 

Jeffrey S. Nobel firm@snlaw.net 

Justin S. Kudler jkudler@snlaw.net 

Tricia Lynn McCormick triciam@lerachlaw.com 

Stanley S. Mallison stanm@mallisonlaw.com 

Robert S. Green RSG@CLASSCOUNSEL.COM 

Patrick J. Coughlin patc@mwbhl.com 

Darren J. Robbins e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com 

William S. Lerach billl@lerachlaw.com 

Marc A. Topaz 

Richard A. Maniskas 

Tamara Skvirsky 

Timothy J. Burke service@ssbla.com 

Aaron L. Brody 

Jules Brody 

Tzivia Brody 

Counsel for Defendants:

Howard S. Caro hcaro@hewm.com 

Michael Ethan Liftik michael.liftik@hellerehrman.com 

Sara B. Brody sbrody@hewm.com 

Susan D. Resley sresley@orrick.com 

Walter F. Brown wbrown@orrick.com 

Jamaar M. Boyd jboyd@proskauer.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

 /s/ JH 

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