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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

PINNACLE VENTURES LLC, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BERTELSMANN EDUCATION 

SERVICES,

Defendant.

Case No. 5:18-cv-03412-BLF 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

On October 11, 2018, the parties appeared before Judge Beth Labson Freeman for a Case 

Management Conference. The Court ORDERS as follows:

(1) The presumptive limits on discovery set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure shall apply to this case unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

(2) The deadline for joinder of any additional parties, or other amendments to the 

pleadings, is sixty days after entry of this order unless stated otherwise below.

(3) The deadline for the parties to meet, confer, and submit a stipulation and order

setting all deadlines not set by the Court below, including discovery cut-offs and 

expert disclosure deadlines, is November 16, 2018.

(4) All disputes with respect to disclosures or discovery are referred to the assigned 

Magistrate Judge.

(5) Unless previously ordered or stipulated, the parties shall meet and confer further in 

order to reach an agreement on an ADR process within 10 days of the date of this 

Order. Within that same time frame, the parties shall either (1) file the form entitled 

"Stipulation and (Proposed) order Selecting ADR Process" if an agreement is reached, 

or (2) file the form entitled "Notice of Need of ADR Phone Conference".

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(6) The parties shall comply with the Court’s standing orders, which are available on 

the Court’s website and in the Clerk’s Office.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule and deadlines shall apply to this 

case:

EVENT DATE OR DEADLINE

Last Day to Amend Pleadings or Add Parties 60 Days from Date of this Order

Last Day to Hear Dispositive Motions 3/31/2022 at 9:00 AM

Final Pretrial Conference 7/21/2022 at 1:30 PM

Trial 8/22/2022 at 9:00 AM

Dated: October 11, 2018

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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