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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other 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

TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ICG TELECOM GROUP, INC., and DOES

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Defendants. /

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

 /

No. C 05-03441 WHA

ORDER GRANTING 

MOTION TO ADD 

THIRD-PARTY

DEFENDANT AND

VACATING HEARING

In this action to recover charges for intrastate-telephone-access services, defendant ICG

Telecom Group, Inc. moves to add as a third-party defendant MPower Communications, Inc.

pursuant to FRCP 20. Plaintiff does not oppose this motion. 

Defendant explains that the telecommunications facilities at issue in this litigation were

sold to MPower. Defendant therefore believes that MPower will need to indemnify defendant

for any liability incurred in this matter. This satisfies the requisites for joinder under FRCP 20

as ICG’s third-party action relates to the same transaction and occurrence and bears common

questions of fact with the underlying action.

For this reason, defendant’s motion is GRANTED. Hearing on the motion is VACATED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2006 WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:05-cv-03441-WHA Document 34 Filed 01/17/06 Page 1 of 1