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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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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

UNIVERSAL TRADING & INVESTMENT

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

 v.

PETRO MIKOLAYEVICH KIRITCHENKO, 

et al.,

Defendants /

No. C-99-3073 MMC (EDL)

ORDER VACATING HEARING RE:

MOTION TO STRIKE PLEADINGS,

ENTER DEFAULT, AND FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST

DUGSBERY INC.; REFERRING

DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE: DUGSBERY,

INC. TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE

LAPORTE; DIRECTING DEFENDANT

LAZARENKO TO FILE DECLARATION

RE: UKRAINIAN SUPREME COURT

DECISION

(Docket No. 1102)

Before the Court is plaintiff’s “Notice of Renewed Motion to Strike Pleadings, Enter

Default, and of Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment Against Defendant Dugsbery

Inc.,” and Memorandum of Points and Authorities in support thereof, filed November 17,

2006. The Court previously issued an order, (see Docket No. 906), vacating the hearing

dates on the dispositive motions plaintiff previously filed as to Dugsbery, (see Docket Nos.

883, 884), pending a ruling on defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of

standing, (see Docket No. 843), which motion remains under submission. Because the

instant motion incorporates the arguments set forth in plaintiff’s prior dispositive motions as

to Dugsbery, and as defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of standing

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remains under submission, the Court hereby VACATES the December 22, 2006 hearing on

the instant motion. The Court will set a new hearing date, if necessary, after it rules on

defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of standing.

By the instant motion, plaintiff additionally seeks to compel discovery from Dugsbery

or, in the alternative, the imposition of discovery sanctions against Dugsbery. Pursuant to

Civil Local Rule 72-1, the instant discovery dispute between plaintiff and Dugsbery is

hereby REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte, the magistrate judge to

whom all prior discovery disputes have been referred, to be heard and considered at the

convenience of her calendar. To the extent defendants seek terminating sanctions due to

the asserted failure of Dugsbery to participate in discovery, the motion is referred for a

report and recommendation.

Finally, in the instant motion, with respect to the pending motion for summary

judgment on the issue of standing, which pending motion is based on decisions issued in

Ukrainian court actions separately filed by defendant Petro Mikolayevich Kiritchenko and

defendant Pavel Lazarenko (“Lazarenko”), plaintiff states that plaintiff has “learned that

[Lazarenko] lost in the Supreme Court of Ukraine in July, 2006” and that plaintiff “is unable

to obtain a copy of that decision, nor any underlying documents, from Lazarenko, Dugsbery

or any other defendants.” (See Motion at 4:5-8.) Any such decision by the Ukrainian

Supreme Court is highly relevant to the pending motion for summary judgment on the issue

of standing and, if in fact issued, should have been submitted to this Court immediately

thereafter. Accordingly, Lazarenko is hereby ORDERED to file, no later than December 29,

2006, a copy of the above-referenced Ukrainian Supreme Court decision along with a

supporting declaration and explanation as to why such document was not submitted earlier,

or a declaration attesting that no such decision has been issued and setting forth the

current status of his Ukrainian action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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