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

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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 

Helene M. Freeman (NY 1088004) 

Appearance Pro Hac Vice 

250 Park Avenue 

New York, New York 10177 

Telephone: (212) 415-9200 

Facsimile: (212) 953-7201 

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 

Diane Mason (CA SBN 168202) 

555 California Street, Suite 1000 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 781-1989 

Facsimile: (415) 398-3249 

Attorneys for Defendants Sanctuary 

Records Group, Inc., BMG Distribution, 

5.1 Label Group, LLC, Sanctuary Records 

Group, Ltd., Sanctuary Group, Plc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOEL TURTLE, AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR: 

LEXY GIRL MUSIC; RYE BOY MUSIC, WELL 

RECEIVED MUSIC, JONATHAN’S MUSIC; 

MODERN LOVE SONGS, AND TREMOR 

MUSIC, AND AS PARTNER IN: LEXY GIRL 

MUSIC; RYE BOY MUSIC; AND WELL 

RECEIVED MUSIC, AND MATTHEW 

KAUFMAN, AS AN INDIVIDUAL DOING 

BUSINESS AS: JONATHAN’S MUSIC; AND 

MODERN LOVE SONGS, AND AS PARTNER IN 

TREMOR MUSIC, 

Plaintiffs,.

 v. 

SANCTUARY RECORDS GROUP, INC., 

SANCTUARY RECORDS GROUP LIMITED, THE 

SANCTUARY GROUP PLC, CASTLE MUSIC 

PUBLISHING, CASTLE RECORDS 

INCORPORATED, BMG DISTRIBUTION, 5.1 

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC, SILVERLINE 

RECORDS INCORPORATED, AND WHITE 

METAL MUSIC, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO.: C-03-3922 MMC 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER TO 

CONTINUE TRIAL DATE (L.R. 6-2); 

ORDER THEREON 

E-FILING

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This matter currently has a trial date scheduled for March 6, 2006. Plaintiffs Joel Turtle and 

Matthew Kaufman filed a Third Amended Complaint on October 6, 2005. Defendants filed their Answer 

and counterclaims on October 20, 2005. This court currently has Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss 

Defendants’ Counterclaims pending before it. As the Amended Complaint adds new issues to the case, 

both parties will require additional time for discovery. Therefore, Plaintiffs and Defendants in this matter 

both respectfully request that the Court continue the trial date to June 19, 2006, or, any date thereafter.

The Declaration of Helene M. Freeman accompanies this stipulated request. 

FACTS 

On March 20, 2005, this Court issued a Pretrial Preparation Order, setting a trial date of March 6, 

2006, and a non-expert discovery cut-off of September 23, 2005. The parties in this matter subsequently 

entered into a stipulation, in which the non-expert discovery cut-off was extended until November 18, 

2005. The parties also agreed that any depositions noticed before November 17, 2005 could be taken 

before December 22, 2005. See, Order to Extend Discovery Cut-off, entered September 26, 2005. 

Declaration of Helene Freeman (“Freeeman Dec.”), ¶2-3. 

Plaintiffs’ filed their Third Amended Complaint on October 5, 2005. The Third Amended 

Complaint adds new copyrights that are alleged to be infringed. Additional discovery will therefore need 

to be taken on the new issues. Freeman Dec., ¶4. 

At this Court’s Case Management Conference, held on December 2, 2005, Defendants requested 

relief from this Court’s March 20, 2005 Pretrial Preparation Order. This Court requested that the parties 

stipulate to extend the trial date in this matter. At the time, the parties were unable to reach a stipulation 

to extend the trial dates. Freeman Dec., ¶5. 

Mr. William Weiss, counsel for Plaintiffs, informed Defendants’ counsel on December 2, 2005 

that, because of his trial schedule, he was unavailable to schedule any depositions until December 20, 

2005. Mr. Weiss subsequently confirmed that Plaintiffs would be available for deposition on December 

20 and 21, 2005. Freeman Dec., ¶6. 

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On December 8, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a request to extend the deadline to file dispositive motions, 

on account of Mr. Weiss’ prior trial commitments. 

On December 8, 2005, Helene Freeman, counsel for Defendants, and Mr. Weiss reached a 

stipulation to extend the trial dates. Freeman Dec., ¶8-9. The parties believe that the requested extension 

is reasonable as it will continue the trial date only three months. 

ARGUMENT

Good cause exists to continue the trial date in this matter. Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint 

adds new issue to this matter. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that an additional six new copyrights 

were infringed. Therefore, both parties require additional discovery, and additional time to prepare 

dispositive motions on the new issues in this matter. 

At the Case Management Conference held on December 2, 2005, Defendants requested relief from 

the upcoming deadlines in this case. This Court, however, stated that it would not rule on Defendants 

request unless the parties reached a stipulation to continue the trial date. Further to the parties attempt to 

meet and confer on the issue of continuing the trial date at the Case Management Conference, the parties 

have now reached an agreement to continue the trial date in this matter. Furthermore, Plaintiffs have filed 

a request with this court to extend the deadline to file dispositive motions. Granting this stipulated 

request to continue the trial date would provide Plaintiffs with their requested relief. 

For the above reasons, all parties respectfully request that this Court’s Pretrial Preparation Order 

be modified by continuing the trial date in this matter to June 19, 2006, that the discovery period be reopened, and that the pending deadlines set by this Court be modified as follows 

TRIAL DATE: June 19, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL LENGTH is estimated to be ten days. 

DISCOVERY PLAN: Per Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules, subject to any 

provision below. 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: January 27, 2006 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: March 3, 2006 

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LAST DAY TO FILE DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS: March 17, 2006 

FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE DATE May 30, 2006 

Settlement conference before Judge Chen to be held by April 7, 2006. 

Meet and confer for Pretrial Order by April 21, 2006. 

ATTESTATION OF FILER CONCERNING SIGNATURE

In accordance with general Order No. 45, Section X, the filer of this document hereby attests that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the signatories listed below. 

Dated: December 8, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM E. WEISS 

 By: /S/ 

 ___________________________________ 

 WILLIAM E. WEISS 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Joel Turtle, Administrator For 

Rye Boy Music, Lexy Girl Music, Modern Love Songs, Well 

Received Music, Tremor Music And Matthew Kaufman 

DATED: December 8, 2005 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 

By: /s/ 

 HELENE M. FREEMAN 

 DIANE J. MASON 

Attorneys for Defendants Sanctuary Records Group, Inc., 

BMG Distribution, 5.1 Label Group, LLC, Sanctuary 

Records Group, Ltd., Sanctuary Group, Plc. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2005 

 ______________________________ 

 HON. MAXINE M. CHESNEY

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