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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH LEONE,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4073 PJH

v.

S. TREZEVANT MOORE, JR., et al., ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES

Defendants. _______________________________

ROSENBLUM CAPITAL LLC,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4096 PJH

v.

LUMINENT MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants. _______________________________

HOWARD J. KAPLOWITZ IRA,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4140 PJH

v.

LUMINENT MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants. _______________________________

ELLIOT GREENBERG,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4141 PJH

v.

LUMINENT MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants. _______________________________

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PEM RESOURCES LP, 

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4184 PJH

v.

LUMINENT MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants. _______________________________

ALLEN M. METZGER, 

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4686 PJH

v.

LUMINENT MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

The above-entitled related actions are hereby consolidated for all purposes,

including discovery, pretrial proceedings, and trial, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 42(a). The consolidated action shall be captioned In re Luminent Mortgage

Capital, Inc., Securities Litigation, Case No. C 07-4073 PJH, and the files of this action

shall be maintained in one file under No. C 07-4073 PJH. The docket in C 07-4073 PJH

shall constitute the Master Docket for this action. 

Any other related actions now pending or subsequently filed in, or transferred to, this

District shall be consolidated into this action for all purposes. This order shall apply to

every such related action, absent order of the court. A party that objects to such

consolidation, or to any other provision of this order, must file an application for relief from

this order within 14 days after the date on which the order is electronically filed. 

The parties shall file a notice of related cases pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12

whenever a case that should be consolidated into this action is filed in, or transferred to,

this District. 

APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL

All motions for appointment of lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel, previously

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filed in any of the above-entitled actions, shall be WITHDRAWN by the parties that filed

such motions, and shall be re-filed in the consolidated action, C 07-4073 PJH, no later than

Wednesday, October 17, 2007. The motions shall be noticed for hearing on Wednesday,

November 21, 2007. 

After the court has designated a lead plaintiff and approved lead counsel, lead

plaintiff’s counsel shall have authority to speak for and enter into agreements on behalf of

plaintiffs in all matters regarding pretrial procedures, discovery and settlement negotiations. 

Lead plaintiff’s counsel shall manage the prosecution of this litigation to avoid

duplicative or unproductive activities. Lead plaintiff’s counsel shall be responsible for

coordination of all activities and appearances on behalf of plaintiffs and for dissemination of

notices and orders. Lead plaintiff’s counsel shall be responsible for communications with

the court. Lead plaintiff’s counsel shall communicate with other plaintiffs’ counsel and have

the right to assign projects to other plaintiffs’ counsel. Defendants’ counsel may rely upon

agreements made with lead plaintiff’s counsel. Such agreements shall be binding on all

plaintiffs.

PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS

Defendants are not required to respond to the complaint in any action consolidated

into this action, other than a consolidated complaint or a complaint designated as the

operative complaint. Lead plaintiff shall file a consolidated complaint within 60 days after

the filing of the order designating the lead plaintiff, unless otherwise agreed upon by the

parties. 

The consolidated complaint shall be the operative complaint and shall supersede all

complaints filed in any of the actions consolidated herein. The consolidated complaint shall

comply with the pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, as

interpreted by the United States Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Defendants shall respond to the consolidated complaint within 45 days after service,

unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. If defendants file any motions directed at the

consolidated complaint, the opposition brief shall be filed within 45 days of filing that motion

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and the reply brief shall be filed within 21 days of the filing of the opposition brief, unless

otherwise agreed upon by the parties and approved by the court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 10, 2007 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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