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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN SLATNICK and JOHN

SONNENBERG,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 04CV2288-LAB (JMA)

ORDER

vs.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG; DEUTSCHE

BANK SECURITIES INC. d/b/a

DEUTSCHE BANK ALEX. BROWN;

CORNERSTONE STRATEGIC,

ADVISORS, LLC; ROGER FULLER;

D. MICHAEL BISHOP; CANTLEY &

SEDACCA, LLP; EDWARD SEDACCA,

ESQ.; CLARION CAPITAL LLC;

CF ADVISORS, LLC; DAN BROOKS; and

DOES 1-50, inclusive,

Defendants.

By Order entered October 29, 2007, the court required the remaining parties in this action to

provide the court with a Joint Status Report on the first day of each calendar month, beginning in

November 2007, to inform the court of the progress of their arbitration proceedings. Dkt No. 94. The

court had stayed this action on March 15, 2006 in its Order granting defendant Deutsche Bank's motion

to compel arbitration. Dkt No. 85. 

The parties filed a Joint Status Report on November 2, 2007, the last activity in the case

appearing in the docket. Dkt No. 96. In their Report, the parties indicated a continuance of the stay

would extend beyond August 2008 to accommodate the delay in obtaining an arbitration hearing date.

The court informed the parties such an extension was unacceptably long, as this matter has been

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pending as an open federal case since its removal from state court on November 15, 2004 and had

already been stayed in excess of twenty months. The parties also indicated in their November report

they would meet and confer regarding "the possibility of a stipulation dismissing the case from this

Court's docket in favor of Arbitration, thus obviating the need for Court oversight," indicating they

would inform the court of the results of their discussions "prior to December 1, 2007." Dkt No. 96.

The parties have neither complied with the Order requiring monthly joint reports nor presented a Joint

Motion For Dismissal, despite telephonic communications from the court to plaintiffs' counsel in

November and December 2007, and most recently on January 9, 2008, requesting status updates and

receiving counsel's assurances the parties would be submitting a dismissal request.

Accordingly,IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the parties shall cause to be filed their Joint Motion

For Dismissal on or before February 1, 2008. The court will calendar a status hearing , with personal

appearances of counsel required, should that deadline pass without a joint communication from the

parties.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 23, 2008

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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