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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTIONS TO (1) CONFIRM

ARBITRATOR AWARD AND (2) CERTIFY JUDGMENT UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1963—No. C-04-02926 RMW, JAMS Ref. No.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 5/24/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

STEPHEN E. SNYDER,

Plaintiff,

v.

FLOWORKS, INC.,

Defendant.

No. C-04-02926 RMW

JAMS Ref. No. 1110008572

ADOPTING THE REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING

PLAINTIFF'S MOTIONS TO (1) CONFIRM

ARBITRATOR AWARD AND (2) CERTIFY

JUDGMENT UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1963

[Re Docket Nos. 45, 46]

Plaintiff Stephen Snyder, in his capacity as Trustee for the liquidation of Consolidated

Investment Services, Inc., moves to confirm the award of an arbitrator entered in this dispute. He

also moves the court to enter judgment on that award and to certify that judgment under 28 U.S.C. §

1963 to permit the judgment to be registered and enforced in other states.

Although the parties appeared to agree to consent to proceeding before a magistrate judge,

interlineation in defendant's consent form led to concerns that defendant had not, in fact, consented. 

In addition to participating in two case management conferences before Magistrate Judge Seeborg,

the parties also were heard on plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. Pursuant to that motion,

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ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTIONS TO (1) CONFIRM

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Judge Seeborg determined that defendant Floworks was to submit the amount of payment to

arbitration. After the parties were unable to agree on an arbitrator, Judge Seeborg appointed Hon.

Read Ambler (Ret.), who both sides agreed was acceptable.

The arbitrator entered his final arbitration award on February 13, 2007 in favor of Snyder in

the amount of$1,500,000 plus prejudgment interest in the amount of $266,671.11 and costs in the

amount of $44,997.97. Snyder filed a motion to confirm the arbitrator's award and enter judgment

thereon. He also filed a motion to certify the judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 1963 to permit it to be

registered in other states. 

Although it was clear that the parties had consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge

for purposes of the motion for summary judgment, it was not clear that such consent extended to

Snyder's motions to confirm the award and to certify any resulting judgment. Thus, on March 26,

2007, Magistrate Judge Seeborg issued a Report and Recommendation ("Report") recommending

that the district court grant plaintiff's motions. See Docket No. 60. The case was reassigned on

March 28, 2007 to this court.

The court, having reviewed de novo the Magistrate Judge's Report, and there being no

objections filed to the Report, adopts the Magistrate Judge's recommendations in full. The court

hereby grants plaintiff's motion to certify the arbitration award awarded to Snyder by Hon. Read

Ambler (Ret.). The court shall enter judgment on such amount and shall certify the judgment for

registration in other jurisdictions.

DATED: 5/21/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTIONS TO (1) CONFIRM

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

Spencer T. Denison spencer.denison@hro.com jan.diggles@hro.com

James Wesley Kinnear wesley.kinnear@hro.com alice.tam@hro.com;molly.morris@hro.com

Adria Yvonne LaRose larosea@hro.com

Paula Quintiliani paula.quintiliani@hro.com jill.wilkinson@hro.com

Counsel for Defendants:

J. Mark Dunbar mdunbar@dunbarlaw.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 5/24/07 /s/ MAG

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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