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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BAP)

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{00318883.DOC v 1} STIPULATION AND ORDER – C-07-02553 RMW 

FRIEDMAN DUMAS & SPRINGWATER LLP 

CECILY A. DUMAS (S.B. NO. 111449) 

150 Spear Street, Suite 1600 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone Number: (415) 834-3800 

Facsimile Number: (415) 834-1044 

Email Address: cdumas@friedumspring.com 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

GRANT T. STEIN 

1201 West Peachtree Street 

Atlanta, GA 30309 

Telephone Number: (404) 881-7000 

Facsimile Number: (404) 881-7777 

Email Address: grant.stein@alston.com 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Dennis J. Connolly in His Capacity as 

Chapter 11 Trustee for SONICblue Incorporated, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

PORTSIDE GROWTH & 

OPPORTUNITY FUND et al., 

 Appellants, 

 vs. 

OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF 

UNSECURED CREDITORS et al., 

 Appellees. 

(Appeal from In re SONICblue, 

Incorporated et al., Bankr. N.D. Cal. 

(San Jose), No. 03-51775 MM) 

 Case No. C-07-02553 RMW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

GRANTING EXTENSION AND 

STAYING BRIEFING 

[No hearing required] 

*E-FILED - 11/26/07*

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WHEREAS notice of this appeal was filed on May 14, 2007; and 

WHEREAS the record on appeal was entered on the Court’s docket on 

October 15, 2007; and 

WHEREAS the Court entered its notice of briefing directing the appellants to 

file and serve their opening brief on November 14, 2007; and 

WHEREAS the chapter 11 trustee filed his Motion to Dismiss the appeal for 

lack of jurisdiction (the “Motion to Dismiss”); and 

WHEREAS appellants have requested an extension of time to file and serve 

their (1) response to the Motion to Dismiss to and including November 21, 2007, and (2) 

opening brief until thirty (30) days after entry of an order denying the Motion to Dismiss, 

should the Court so rule; and 

WHEREAS judicial economy will be served by a stay of briefing on the appeal 

pending resolution of the Motion to Dismiss; accordingly 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT: 

1. Briefing on this appeal shall be stayed pending resolution of the Motion 

to Dismiss. 

2. Responses to the Motion to Dismiss shall be filed and served no later 

than November 21, 2007. 

3. Appellants’ opening brief shall be filed and served no later than thirty 

(30) days after entry of an order, if any, denying the Motion to Dismiss. 

 

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Dated: ____________________ PORTSIDE GROWTH & OPPORTUNITY 

FUND, CITADEL EQUITY FUND LTD., 

SMITHFIELD FIDUCIARY LLC 

 By: __________________________ 

 Lewis Kruger 

 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 

Dated: ____________________ CITADEL EQUITY FUND LTD. 

 By: __________________________ 

 Van Durrer 

 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 

Dated: ____________________ SONICBLUE CLAIMS, LLC 

 By: __________________________ 

 K. John Shaffer 

 Stutman Treister & Glatt P.C. 

Dated: October 29, 2007______ DENNIS J. CONNOLLY 

Chapter 11 Trustee 

By: /s/Cecily A. Dumas__________ 

 Cecily A. Dumas 

 Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP 

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________ ___________________________________ 

RONALD M. WHYTE 

United States District Judge 

11/26/07 *The Court sets the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss for January 11, 2008 @ 9:00 AM. 

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