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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WALKER & ZANGER INC., No. C04-1946 VRW (JCS)

Plaintiff(s),

NOTICE OF REFERENCE AND ORDER

v. RE DISCOVERY PROCEDURES

PARAGON INDUSTRIES INC., (E-FILING CASES)

Defendant(s).

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to the undersigned for all discovery matters. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. Within twenty (20) days, lead trial counsel for Plaintiff, and lead trial counsel for Defendant, shall

meet and confer, in person, to conduct a Rule 26(f) conference to develop a proposed discovery plan.

2. A Rule 26(f) report shall be electronically filed with the Court by July 15, 2005.

3. A discovery conference is set for Friday, July 22, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.

LAW AND MOTION PROCEDURES

Civillaw and motion is heard on Friday mornings, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom A, 15th Floor, United

States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102. 

Motions tocompelmaybe noticed without reserving a hearing date,subjecttotheCourt's availability.

Discovery motions may be addressed to the Court in three ways:

1. A motion may be noticed on not less than 35 days’ notice pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-2.

2. Alternatively, any party may seek an order shortening time under Civil L. R. 6-3 if the

circumstances justify that relief. 

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3. In emergencies during discovery events, the Court is available pursuant to Civil L. R. 37-1(b).

In the event a discovery dispute arises, counsel for the party seeking discovery shall in good faith

confer in person with counsel for the party failing to make the discovery in an effort to resolve the dispute

without court action, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and Civil L. R. 37-1(a). The meeting must be in

person, except where good cause is shown why a telephone meeting is adequate. A declaration setting forth

these meet and confer efforts, and the finalpositions of eachparty, shall be included in the moving papers. The

Court will not consider discovery motions unless the moving party has complied with Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 and

Civil L. R. 37-1(a).

A party or counsel has a continuing duty to supplement the initial disclosure when required under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e)(1).

Law and motion matters may be submitted without argument upon stipulation of the parties and

notificationofthe Court no laterthan4:30 p.m. the day before the hearing. Pursuant to CivilL. R. 7-7(e), filed

motions may be withdrawn without leave of the Court, within seven (7) days of the date for service of the

opposition. Thereafter, leave of the Court must be sought.

All filings of documents relating to motions referred to the undersigned shall list the civil case number

and the district court judge’s initials followed by the designation “(JCS)”.

ELECTRONIC FILING AND COURTESY COPIES

Please refer to Civil L. R. 5-4 and General Order No. 45 for the Northern District of California for

informationrelating to electronic filingprocedures and requirements. All documents shall be filed in compliance

with the Civil Local Rules. Documents not filed in compliance with those rules will not be considered by the

Court.

BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

FILING, THE PARTIES ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE DIRECTLY WITH CHAMBERS ONE

CONFORMED, PAPER COPY OF EACHDOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED "JCS’S

CHAMBERS' COPY."

The failure of counselor a partyto abide bythis Order mayresult insanctions pursuant to FederalRule

of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: June 16, 2005

 /s/ Joseph C. Spero 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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