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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:0053 Federal Trade Commission Act

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Stipulated Request

for Modification of Pretrial Schedule Page 1 of 4

WILLIAM BLUMENTHAL

General Counsel

QUISAIRA A. WHITNEY

RICHARD McKEWEN

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-238

Washington, DC 20580

(202) 326-2351; 3071/ (202) 326-3395 (fax)

qwhitney@ftc.gov; rmckewen@ftc.gov

Counsel for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission

BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

ALBERT NORMAN SHELDEN

Senior Assistant Attorney General

MARGARET REITER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

IAN K. SWEEDLER (169969)

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 703-5597 / (415) 703-5480 (fax)

ian.sweedler@doj.ca.gov

Counsel for Plaintiff The People of the State of California

JOHN CHU (104302)

Corporate Counsel Law Group, LLP

505 Sansome Street, Suite 475

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 989-5300 / (415) 788-4315

jchu149@yahoo.com

Counsel for Defendants Optin Global, Inc., Vision Media 

Limited Corp., Rick Yang, and Peonie Pui Ting Chen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al.

Plaintiffs,

– v. –

OPTIN GLOBAL, INC., et al.,

 Defendants.

CV No. 05-1502-SC

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR

MODIFICATION OF PRETRIAL

SCHEDULE

ORDER

Case 3:05-cv-01502-SC Document 42 Filed 12/08/05 Page 1 of 4
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Stipulated Request

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULE

Pursuant to Local Civil Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiffs Federal Trade Commission

(“Commission” or “FTC”) and People of the State of California, and Defendants Optin Global,

Inc., Vision Media Limited Corp., Rick Yang, also known as Qing Kuang Yang, and Peonie Pui

Ting Chen hereby stipulate to and jointly request that the Court modify the pretrial schedule

adopted by the Court on August 29, 2005. In support of their request, the parties state as follows:

1. Plaintiffs filed their Complaint in this action against Defendants on April 12, 2005,

alleging violations of Sections 5(a), 13(b), and 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC

Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a), 53(b), and 57b (2004); Sections 5(a), 7(a), (d), and (f) of the

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (“CAN-SPAM

Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 7704, 7706(a), (d), and (f) (2004); and Sections 17203, 17204, 17206,

17529.6, 17535, and 17536 of the California Business and Professions Code, Cal Bus. & Prof.

Code §§ 17203, 17204, 17206, 17529.6, 17535, and 17536 (West 1997 & Supp. 2004). Upon

the stipulation of all parties, the Court entered a preliminary injunction against Defendants on

June 21, 2005. On June 27, 2005, Defendants filed their Answer.

2. On August 29, 2005, upon the stipulation of all parties, the Court entered an initial

case management order pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure setting

forth a discovery timetable and pretrial schedule.

3. Since that the date, the parties have been actively engaged in settlement discussions

and have been steadily progressing towards a negotiated settlement that would dispose of all of

Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants.

4. The parties agree that an extension of the discovery timetable and pretrial schedule is

necessary to permit settlement discussions to continue and to give undersigned counsel sufficient

time to obtain necessary authorizations to stipulate to the entry of a final judgment in this action.

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Stipulated Request

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5. This is the first time the parties have sought an extension of the discovery timetable

and pretrial schedule in this action.

WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the Court modify the discovery

timetable and pretrial schedule in this civil action as follows, with dates and times for a motions

hearing, pretrial conference, and trial to be determined as the Court’s calendar permits:

Description New

Deadline

Last Day to Amend

Pleadings or Add Parties

1/20/06

Last Day for Factual

Depositions

2/17/06

Last Day to File

Supplementary Discovery

Requests

3/17/06

Rule 26(a)(2) Disclosures 3/31/06

Last Day for Expert

Depositions

4/21/06

Discovery Cut off 4/21/06

Last Day to File

Dispositive Motions

6/12/06

Motions Hearing TBD

Pretrial Conference TBD

Trial TBD

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Stipulated Request

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Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ 12/7/05

Quisaira A. Whitney Date

Richard McKewen

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-238

Washington, DC 20580

Phone: (202) 326-2351 (Whitney)

(202) 326-3071 (McKewen)

Fax: (202) 326-3395

Email: qwhitney@ftc.gov

rmckewen@ftc.gov

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF FEDERAL

TRADE COMMISSION

 /s/ 12/7/05

Ian K. Sweedler (169969) Date

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

Phone: (415) 703-5597

Fax: (415) 703-5480

Email: ian.sweedler@doj.ca.gov

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF THE PEOPLE

OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

 /s/ 12/7/05

John Chu (104302) Date

Corporate Counsel Law Group, LLP

505 Sansome Street, Suite 475

San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: (415) 989-5300

Fax: (415) 788-4315

Email: jchu149@yahoo.com

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS OPTIN

GLOBAL, INC., VISION MEDIA LIMITED

CORP., RICK YANG, and PEONIE PUI

TING CHEN

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _________ ________________________________

SAMUEL CONTI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

12/8/05

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

DENIED

Judge Samuel Conti

The trial has been set for 7/31/06

 SC.

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