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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH LACHAPELLE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DONG KWAN KIM, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02195-JSC 

ORDER REGARDING PENDING 

MOTION AND THE NONRESPONDING DEFENDANTS

Plaintiffs sue defendants to recover allegedly fraudulent transfers and for damages. All 

defendants except for Klaus Maier and nComputing, Inc., have appeared, and Defendants Young 

Song and Zerodesktop, Inc. have moved to dismiss the complaint. (Dkt. No. 17.) Plaintiffs and 

all appearing defendants have also consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned magistrate 

judge. (Dkt. Nos. 9, 16, 28.) Defendants Klaus Maier and nComputing, Inc. have not appeared 

and thus not consented to this Court’s jurisdiction, and Plaintiffs have moved for entry of default 

as to Maier. (Dkt. No. 30.)

The Court may not rule on Defendants’ motion to dismiss without the consent of all 

parties. Thus, there are two procedures the Court may follow. First, the Court could order the 

case reassigned to a district court judge. Second, the Court can retain jurisdiction of Plaintiffs’ 

case against the appearing defendants if the appearing parties stipulate to sever the claims against 

the non-appearing defendants from this case. See, e.g., Livingston v. Art.com, 13-3748 JSC (N.D. 

Cal.) Dkt. Nos. 34, 35. In the event of such stipulation, the case against the non-appearing 

defendants would be assigned a new case number and the case would remain assigned to this 

judge. Should a motion for a default judgment be brought, this Court would issue a Report and 

Recommendation for review by a district court judge.

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Accordingly, on or before September 10, 2015, the appearing parties shall either (1) file a 

stipulation agreeing to severance, or (2) advise the Court that the case should be reassigned. In 

light of this schedule, the motion hearing and case management conference scheduled for 

September 10, 2015 is continued to September 17, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 4, 2015

________________________

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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