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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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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

UNIVERSAL EQUIPMENT LEASING No. C-06-07584 JSW (JCS)

COMPANY, LLC,

Plaintiff(s),

NOTICE OF REFERENCE; ORDER

v. GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL 

AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS

FIFTH THIRD LEASING COMPANY,

Defendant(s).

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to the undersigned for resolution of the discovery dispute

described in the Joint Letter of April 16, 2008 (the “Motion to Compel”) [Docket No. 62], and all

future discovery matters.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion to Compel is GRANTED. The deponent, Ken

Byrne, shall appear and sit for his continued deposition by Universal Equipment Leasing Company,

LLC (“UEL”). The deposition shall take place on a mutually-agreed-upon date and shall last for not

more than one (1) hour. 

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that counsel for Third-Party Defendant Cincom

Systems, Inc. (“CSI”) shall pay sanctions in the amount of $2,200 to UEL as the Court finds that

CSI’s position is “not substantially justified.” Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 37(a)(5)(A). 

LAW AND MOTION HEARING PROCEDURES

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

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

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In the event a future discovery dispute arises, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that before filing

any discovery motion before this Court, the parties must comply with the following:

1. Lead trial counsel for both parties must meet and confer in person regarding the

matter(s) at issue. This meeting shall occur after other efforts to resolve the dispute,

such as telephone, e-mail, teleconference, or correspondence, have been unsuccessful. 

Once those efforts have proved unsuccessful, any party may demand a meeting of

lead trial counsel to resolve a discovery matter. Such a meeting shall occur within ten

(10) business days of the demand. The locations of the meetings shall alternate. The

first meeting shall be at a location selected by counsel for Plaintiff(s). If there are any

future disputes, the next such meeting shall be held at a location to be determined by

counsel for Defendant(s), etc.

2. Within five (5) business days of the in-person meeting between lead trial counsel

referred to above, the parties shall jointly file a detailed letter with the Court, which

will include the matters that remain in dispute, a detailed substantive description of

each side’s position on each such issue, and a description of each side’s proposed

compromise on each such issue. In the absence of permission from the Court, the

letter may not exceed five (5) pages.

3. After the Court has received the joint letter, the Court will determine what future

proceedings, if any, are necessary.

In the event that the parties continue to be unable to resolve the matters regarding the timing

and scope of discovery, the Court will consider what future actions are necessary. These actions

may include the following: (1) sanctions against a party failing to cooperate in the discovery process

and meet and confer in good faith, as required by this Order, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

and the Local Rules of this Court; and/or (2) requiring the Chief Executive Officers of each party to

attend the in-person, meet-and-confer sessions described above. The Court is not entering either of

these matters as an Order of the Court at this time, and fully expects counsel to meet their

obligations under this Order and under the Local Rules.

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Regardless of whether the Court reschedules a hearing date, all opposition and reply papers

shall be timely filed according to the originally noticed hearing date, pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-3.

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

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e)(1).

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 information relating to electronic filing procedures and requirements. 

BEFORE NOON ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTRONIC

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

PAPER COPY OF EACH DOCUMENT, WHICH IS TO BE DESIGNATED "JCS’S CHAMBERS'

COPY." 

The failure of counsel or a party to abide by this Order may result in sanctions pursuant to

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 18, 2008 

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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