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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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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

WILLIAM ZABIT,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CATERPILLAR, INC. and PETERSON

POWER SYSTEMS, INC., et al.

Defendants.

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No. C 06-01252 JSW

ORDER RE HEARING ON

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

The Court has received Defendants’ opposition brief to Plaintiff’s motion for summary

judgment, in which Defendants state they will be filing a motion for summary judgment and

that the issues involved will overlap with issues presented by Plaintiff’s motion. Defendants

also request a continuance of the hearing on Plaintiff’s motion so that the motions can be heard

on the same date and request that the case management conference be continued to that date as

well.

The Court DENIES Defendants’ request to continue the case management conference. 

However, the Court GRANTS the request to have the parties’ motions for summary judgment

heard on the same date, and the hearing date of July 13, 2007 for Plaintiff’s motion is

VACATED. 

The parties are HEREBY ORDERED to meet and confer and agree upon a hearing date

for both motions that both is available to this Court and permits the Defendants to file their

motion in accordance with the time period required by the Northern District’s Civil Local

Rules. The parties are FURTHER ORDERED to submit a stipulation and proposed order to the

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United States District Court

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Court setting forth that date by no later than July 2, 2007. If the parties are unable to agree

upon a date, the Court shall set the date. 

It is FURTHER ORDERED, that the case management conference scheduled for July

13, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. is moved to July 13, 2007 at 1:30 p.m., on this Court’s regular case

management conference calendar. The parties’ joint case management conference statement is

due on July 6, 2007, and shall conform to all elements requested in the “Standing Order for All

Judges of the Northern District of California – Contents of Joint Case Management Statement.” 

See N.D. Civ. L.R. 16-9. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 25, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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