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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1145 E.R.I.S.A.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES P. DEFAZIO,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-1358 DFL GGH

vs.

HOLLISTER, INC., et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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As the parties may recall, at the time the undersigned entered his stay of

discovery, the purpose of the stay was to permit the court to craft a discovery plan order without

having to deal with a constantly changing discovery landscape due to the propounding of

numerous discovery requests, depositions and the like along with adjudicating discovery

disputes. The undersigned understood the need for expeditious issuance of the discovery plan

order. However, the trial judge to whom this case had first been reassigned (Judge Levi) later

entered an omnibus stay pending ruling on potentially dispositive motions. At this time, the

undersigned had no authority to issue a discovery plan order. The case went through several

other reassignments, but the omnibus stay was never lifted. However, it may be that the pending

motions for which the omnibus stay were entered are no longer pending.

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While many cases at the present time are competing for “the top of my pile,” it

may be beneficial to hold a discovery status hearing to determine whether discovery should

commence. Therefore, the parties are ordered to appear in the undersigned’s courtroom on

August 9, 2007, at 10:00 a.m., to discuss whether discovery should immediately commence after

issuance of a discovery plan order.

DATED: 7/30/07

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

 U. S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH/gh

DeFazio1358.hg.wpd

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