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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

CASE NO. 3:18-CV-05581-EDL 

Randolph Gaw (S.B. #223718) 

rgaw@gawpoe.com 

Flora Vigo (S.B. #239643) 

fvigo@gawpoe.com 

GAW | POE LLP 

4 Embarcadero, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 766-7451 

Facsimile: (415) 737-0642 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterclaim 

Defendants Local Ventures & Investments, LLC, 

Dustin Sinkey, Derek Waterman, and Chase Smith 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LOCAL VENTURES & 

INVESTMENTS, LLC, DUSTIN 

SINKEY, DEREK WATERMAN, and 

CHASE SMITH 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

OPEN FOUNDATION d/b/a Open 

Platform, ANGUD “KEN” SANGHA, 

CLEAR TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE 

INC., and APPCLARITY INC. 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:18-CV-05581-EDL 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

OPEN FOUNDATION d/b/a Open 

Platform and ANGUD “KEN” SANGHA, 

Counterclaimants, 

v. 

LOCAL VENTURES & 

INVESTMENTS, LLC, DUSTIN 

SINKEY, DEREK WATERMAN, and 

CHASE SMITH, 

Counterclaim Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 3:18-CV-05581-EDL 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants Local Ventures & Investments, LLC, Dustin 

Sinkey, Derek Waterman, and Chase Smith’s (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) have moved the Court to 

consider whether this action, Local Ventures, et al. v. Open Foundation, et al., N.D. Cal. Case No. 

3:18-CV-05581-EDL (the “California Action”) should be ordered related to Open Foundation v. 

Local Ventures, et al., N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:19-cv-00597-JCS (the “Florida Action”). 

Having considered plaintiffs’ motion and the parties accompanying Stipulation, and all 

other matters properly considered by this Court, and good cause having been shown, the Court 

orders that the California Action and Florida Action are related under Local Civil Rule 3-12. The 

Florida Action shall be assigned to this Court and stayed pending resolution of the California 

Action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________, 2019 ________________________________ 

 Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

March 15

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