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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC., NO. 2:07-cv-2185-MCE-KJM

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER

MICHAEL CHRIS NIELSEN, LISA

EVANS, HERBERT KEYSER,

DONALD JOHNS, CHRISTOPHER

DRAKE,

Defendants.

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The Court has received and reviewed Defendants’ Ex Parte

Application to continue the November 30, 2007 date presently set

for the hearing on Plaintiff’s Application for Preliminary

Injunction in this matter, as well as Plaintiff’s opposition

thereto.

At the October 17, 2007 hearing date on Plaintiff’s request

for a temporary restraining order, this matter was put on an

expedited discovery schedule so that a preliminary injunction

could be properly considered by the Court on November 30, 2007. 

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The discovery cut-off date of November 9, 2007 established by the

Court was predicated on the representation, by Plaintiff’s

counsel, that only “relatively brief depositions of the

defendants” would be required, along with only “nominal non-party

discovery” that counsel described as “very, very light.” 

(Transcript of October 17, 2007 hearing, 37:14-18, pertinent

portions of which are attached as Exhibit “N” to the Declaration

of Kenneth Mennemeier).

Contrary to these representations, Plaintiff’s counsel in

fact noticed the depositions of all five defendants on as little

as two (2) business days notice, while at the same time including

forty-nine (49) separate document requests in conjunction with

each of those depositions. In addition, Plaintiff’s counsel

further propounded, also on Saturday, October 20, 2007, twentytwo (22) different interrogatories on each of the five (5)

proposed deponents with a demand that those interrogatories be

answered by Tuesday, October 23, 2007.

Defense counsel Kenneth Mennemeier thereafter objected to

the timing of these requests as unreasonable, particularly in

light of ongoing litigation involving related A.G. Edwards cases,

including a FINRA arbitration in which counsel for both of the

present parties were also involved. While Mr. Mennemeier

proposed the week of November 5 for depositions in this matter,

counsel for Plaintiff nonetheless proceeded to depose one witness

with knowledge that Mr. Mennemeier was involved in the related

arbitration and consequently could not attend.

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Due both to the unanticipated volume of the discovery and

the unnecessary tactics of Plaintiff’s counsel as evidenced by

the e-mails and correspondence between the parties, the Court

finds good cause for continuing the hearing on Plaintiff’s

request for a preliminary injunction, as well as other related

deadlines. The hearing on said preliminary injunction will now

be set for Friday, January 11, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Discovery is to

be completed for purposes of the preliminary injunction by

December 14, 2007, and simultaneous briefing is to be submitted

to the Court not later than January 7, 2008.

While the Court GRANTS Defendants’ application to the extent

that the hearing date and associated deadlines are continued, it

DENIES, without prejudice, Defendants’ remaining requests that

discovery be both circumscribed and stayed until after

November 16, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 8, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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