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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

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Fibertrek, Inc., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Preferred Corporate Services, Inc., et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 08-03415 JW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

RE: SETTLEMENT; CONTINUING

PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL

CONFERENCE AS TO NON-SETTLING

DEFENDANT

On February 16, 2010, Plaintiffs informed the Court that the above-entitled matter has

reached a settlement as to all Defendants except Douglas Gregg, who Plaintiffs are informed and

believe is deceased. (See Notice of Partial Settlement, Docket Item No. 83.) In light of the

settlement, the Court vacates all trial and pretrial dates as to the settling Defendants, including the

Preliminary Pretrial Conference scheduled for February 22, 2010. On or before March 12, 2010,

the parties shall file a stipulated dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). 

If a dismissal is not filed by the specified date, all parties shall appear in Courtroom No. 8,

4th Floor, United States District Court, 280 South First Street, San Jose, Ca. on March 22, 2010 at 9

a.m. and to show cause, if any, why the case should not be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

41(b). On or before March 12, 2010, the parties shall file a joint statement in response to the Order

to Show Cause. The joint statement shall set forth the status of the activities of the parties for

finalizing the settlement and how much additional time is requested to finalize and file the dismissal. 

If a voluntary dismissal is filed as ordered, the Order to Show Cause hearing will be automatically

vacated.

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Plaintiffs further represent that they intend to substitute the Estate of Douglas Gregg as a

Defendant in this action, and they request from the Court a ninety-day continuance of the

Preliminary Pretrial Conference to allow such substitution to occur and for the Estate of Douglas

Gregg to respond to the complaint or for a default to be entered. (Notice of Partial Settlement at 2.) 

The Court finds that such a lengthy continuance is unnecessary to merely substitute a Defendant. 

However, the Court does find good cause to provide the parties with some additional time for that

purpose. 

Accordingly, the Court CONTINUES the Preliminary Pretrial Conference as to Defendant

Douglas Gregg to March 22, 2010 at 10 a.m., after the hearing on the Order to Show Cause re

Settlement. On or before March 12, 2010, the remaining parties shall file a Joint Preliminary

Pretrial Statement. The Statement shall include, among other things, an updated on the parties’

settlement effort if any, and the parties’ proposed schedules as to how the case should proceed.

Dated: February 17, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Brian Michael Affrunti baffrunti@bwslaw.com

Claudia Carolina Bohorquez ccblaw@aol.com

Douglas W. Dal Cielo ddalcielo@bwslaw.com

Robert John Huston bob_huston@yahoo.com

Dated: February 17, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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