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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH,

PENNSYLVANIA, a corporation, and

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE

COMPANY, a corporation,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ELECTRIC TRANSIT INCORPORATED, an

Ohio corporation and joint venture of SKODA,

a.s., a corporation, SKODA, a.s., SKODA

OSTROV, s.r.o., a corporation, AAI

CORPORATION, a corporation, and CZECH

EXPORT BANK, a corporation,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-03435 JSW

ORDER

By Order dated January 4, 2005, this Court set a Case Management Conference for

April 15, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. The Order required that all parties appear through lead counsel or

counsel sufficiently well versed in the matter to enable counsel to discuss all items referred to in

the Order and with authority to enter stipulations, to make admissions, and to agree to further

scheduling dates.

William W. Bunting, III and/or Theodore J. Low, counsel for Defendant Skoda Ostrov,

s.r.o., without leave of Court or notice to any of the parties, failed to appear at the case

management conference on April 15, 2005, in violation of Civil L. R. 16-10(c). Accordingly,

the Court issued an order to show cause why monetary sanctions should not be imposed and 

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United States District Court

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why default judgment should not be granted against Defendant Skoda Ostrov for failure to

appear.

Counsel responded by declaration dated April 29, 2005 and explained that his absence at

the Case Management Conference was caused by his failure to calendar properly the time of the

conference. 

Therefore, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that no sanctions will be imposed at this time. 

However, the Court admonishes counsel not to repeat the error and to follow this Court’s orders

in the future.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2005 /s/ Jeffrey S. White 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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