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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRIORITY RECORDS LLC, a )

California limited liability )

company; VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, ) 2:06-cv-1117-GEB-KJM

INC., a California corporation; )

INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a California )

general partnership; UMG )

RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware ) ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT

corporation; SONY BMG MUSIC ) AND DISPOSITION

ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware general )

partnership; and ARISTA RECORDS )

LLC, a Delaware limited liability )

company, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. ) 

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VICKI TAM, )

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Defendant. )

)

On August 30, 2006, Plaintiffs filed an “Amended Ex Parte

Application to Vacate Initial Scheduling Conference” in which they

state “the parties have come to a settlement in this action” and

“request sixty days (60) to file the dispositional documents for this

settlement.” Based on this representation, a dispositional document

shall be filed no later than 60 days from the date on which this

Order is filed. Failure to respond by this deadline may be construed

as consent to dismissal of this action without prejudice, and a

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The status conference will remain on calendar, because 1

the mere representation that an action has been settled does not

justify removal of the action from a district court’s trial docket.

Cf. Callie v. Near, 829 F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 1987) (indicating

that a representation that claims have been settled does not

necessarily establish the existence of a binding settlement

agreement). 

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dismissal order could be filed. See L.R. 16-160(b) (“A failure to

file dispositional papers on the date prescribed by the Court may be

grounds for sanctions.”).

Plaintiffs also “request that the initial scheduling

conference currently set for September 11, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. be

vacated.” However, the status conference is rescheduled to commence

at 9:00 a.m. on November 20, 2006, in the event that no dispositional

document is filed, or if this action is not otherwise dismissed.

Further, a joint status report shall be filed fourteen days prior to

the status conference.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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