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Nature of Suit Code: 423
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Withdrawal 28 USC 157
Cause of Action: 28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL D. BURCH and THE

BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF MICHAEL

D. BURCH,

NO. CIV. S-04-0038 WBS GGH

Plaintiffs, 

v. ORDER

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA; LARRY VANDERHOEF;

GREG WARZECKA; PAM GILLFISHER;

ROBERT FRANKS, and LAWRENCE

SWANSON,

Defendants.

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Defendants move ex parte for an order to continue the

final pre-trial conference and to set deadlines for opposition

and reply papers regarding defendants’ motion for summary

judgment. Plaintiffs oppose the motion.

The cut-off dates for discovery and the filing of

dispositive motions, as well as the date of the final pre-trial

conference, were set at the time of the court’s initial

scheduling order and subsequently modified on February 16, 2005

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upon stipulation of the parties. The fact that defendants first

sought to schedule the hearing on their motion for summary

judgment on a Friday, when counsel should have known the court

does not hold law and motion calendars, was not the fault of

plaintiffs. Likewise, it was not plaintiffs’ fault that

defendants’ attorney was unavailable on the next three available

law and motion dates. The motion for summary judgement is now

set for hearing on July 25, 2005. That will still be before the

date of the final pre-trial conference. The parties will simply

have to file their pre-trial statements before the court decides

the motion for summary judgment, upon the assumption that the

motion will be denied.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendants’ ex parte

application for an order to continue the final pre-trial

conference and to set deadlines for opposition and reply papers

re motions for summary judgment be, and the same hereby is,

DENIED.

DATED: June 22, 2005

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