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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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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

NOVA MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS,

LTD.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

NANOMETRICS, INC.,

Defendants /

No. C-05-0986 MMC

ORDER DENYING STIPULATED

REQUEST TO REVISE CASE

MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE; SETTING

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Before the Court is the parties’ stipulation, filed February 3, 2006, by which the

parties seek an order amending the August 8, 2005 Pretrial Preparation Order to extend all

dates pertaining to claim construction disclosures, briefing, and the hearing.

It appears that the parties have failed to comply with any of the claim construction

deadlines previously set by the Court, many of which dates have long passed. Under the

Local Rules of this District, a party who seeks to extend a deadline set by the Court must

file a motion or stipulation requesting an extension “no later than 10 days before the

scheduled event.” See Civil L.R. 6-1(b). Additionally, a pretrial order “shall not be modified

except upon a showing of good cause,” see Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). The parties’ stipulated

request, however, includes only a conclusory reference to discovery issues and thus fails to

identify any good cause for the extensions sought. Moreover, the parties have not

indicated how their proposed revised schedule would impact the trial date.

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Accordingly, the stipulated request is hereby DENIED.

The Court hereby SETS a case management conference for March 3, 2006, at

10:30 a.m., at which time the parties shall appear to explain why they have failed to comply

with the Pretrial Preparation Order and with Civil Local Rule 6-1(b). A joint case

management statement setting forth the parties’ explanation shall be filed no later than

February 24, 2006.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 8, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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