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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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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EDUARDO CECENA and MARIA CECENA,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY and

DOES 1-100,

Defendants. /

No. C05-03178 JF (HRL)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’

THIRD MOTION FOR AN ORDER

SHORTENING TIME

[Docket No. 113]

On December 11, 2006, this court granted plaintiffs’ first motion for an order shortening

time on their first “Motion for Sanctions.” Later that same day, plaintiffs filed a second motion

for sanctions, along with another motion for an expedited briefing and hearing schedule. This

court expressed some concern that plaintiffs did not raise the issues discussed in their second

motion in an efficient manner. Nevertheless, in view of certain impending summary judgment

deadlines, it again made an effort to accommodate plaintiffs’ request to have both motions

briefed and heard on shortened time. Accordingly, on December 12, 2006, this court vacated its

previous briefing and hearing schedule, reset all briefing deadlines, and specially set plaintiffs’

motion for a hearing on December 21, 2006.

Shortly thereafter, on December 14, 2006 (the eve of Allstate’s deadline to file its

opposition to the first two motions), plaintiffs filed the third in a series of motions seeking

*E-FILED ON 12/18/06*

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sanctions in connection with this court’s November 9, 2006 discovery orders, along

with a request that the motion be briefed and heard on shortened time.

Plaintiffs’ pattern of piecemeal filings has not been conducive to efficient motions

practice. Nevertheless, Allstate has filed an opposition which addresses all three motions, and

the court agrees that, in the interests of efficiency, all three sanctions motions should be heard at

the same time. Accordingly, plaintiffs’ third motion for an order shortening time is GRANTED

as follows:

1. Plaintiffs shall file their reply by 5:00 p.m. on December 18, 2006 (the current

deadline for their reply on the first two sanctions motions).

2. All three of plaintiffs’ sanctions motions will be heard on December 21, 2006,

10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2. If upon review of the parties’ papers, the court determines that the

motions appropriately may be deemed submitted without oral argument, it will so notify the

parties in advance of the hearing.

Dated:

 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

December 18, 2006

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5:05-cv-3178 Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

Michael A. Barnes mbarnes@sonnenschein.com, msaplala@sonnenschein.com 

Sonia Renee Martin smartin@sonnenschein.com, clakes@sonnenschein.com;

msaplala@sonnenschein.com 

John A. Shepardson johnshepardson@hotmail.com 

Jessica Lou Woelfel jwoelfel@sonnenschein.com, ddonner@sonnenschein.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have

not registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

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