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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEXAR MEDIA, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

 PRETEC ELECTRONICS CORP ET AL,

Defendant. /

No. C00-04770 MJJ

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART C-ONE

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION’S AND

PRETEC ELECTRONIC

CORPORATION’S MOTION TO

RECONSIDER

Before the Court is the Motion of Defendant C-One Technology Corporation (“C-One”) To

Reconsider Order Granting Motion To Withdraw As Counsel (“Motion To Reconsider”). (Docket

No. 332). Defendant Pretec Electronics Corporation (“Pretec”) has joined in the Motion. (Docket

No. 333). 

BACKGROUND

A Motion To Withdraw As Counsel (Docket No. 319) was filed by Mount & Stoekler, P.C.

on May 19, 2006, and set for hearing on July 25, 2006. In that motion, Mount & Stoekler sought to

withdraw as counsel of record for Defendants C-One, Pretec, and PNY Technologies, Inc. (“PNY”). 

On May 30, 2006, the Court issued an Order granting the Motion To Withdraw As Counsel and

requiring Pretec, PNY and C-One to assign replacement counsel within 30 days. (Docket No. 325). 

PNY has since retained Mount & Stoekler to again represent it in this action. (Docket No. 337.) 

However, C-One and Pretec have not retained new counsel to represent them in this action. Plaintiff

has requested that the Court issue an order to show cause as to why entry of default should not be

entered agaisnt C-One and Pretec. (Docket No. 348.)

DISCUSSION

In their Motion To Reconsider, C-One and Pretec have accurately brought to this Court’s

attention that the Court granted the Motion To Withdraw As Counsel before opposition briefs were

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due, and before providing an opportunity for C-One or Pretec to be heard. At the time that C-One

and Pretec filed their Motion to Reconsider in June 2006, shortly before this matter was stayed for

several months, they requested that the Court either vacate its order permitting Mount & Stoekler to

withdraw as their counsel, or to postpone relevant case deadlines and allow them 60 days to retain

new counsel. However, the Court notes that almost ten months later, with the stay having been lifted

for approximately five months, C-One and Pretec have still not retained counsel to represent them in

this matter.

Accordingly, this Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the Motion To

Reconsider as follows: C-One and Pretec shall have ten (10) days from the date of this order to file a

response which: (1) addresses the merits of the Motion To Withdraw As Counsel, to the extent that

C-One and or Pretec continue to oppose that motion, and/or (2) clarifies for the Court whether and

on what timeline C-One and Pretec intend to retain new counsel to represent them in this action. 

Any reply, if any, by Mount & Stoekler and/or other parties in this action shall be filed within three

(3) days of C-One’s and Pretec’s response. Based on these submissions, the Court will then make a

determination as to whether the May 30, 2006 Order permitting Mount & Stoekler P.C. to withdraw

as counsel for C-One and Pretec should be vacated, and whether an order to show cause regarding

the entry of default against C-One and Pretec should be issued.

The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to serve this Order by fax, mail, and email upon COne and Pretec at the following locations provided in connection with their Motion To Reconsider:

C-One Technology Corporation Pretec Electronics Corporation

Attn: Gordon Yu, President Attn: Grace Yu, Finance Director

Gordony@c1tech.com.tw Grace.Y@pretec.com

B1, No. 57, Dong Guang Road 46791 Fremont Blvd. 

Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan Fremont, CA 94538

R.O.C.

Telephone: 011-886-3-572-3438 Telephone: 510-440-0535

Facsimile: 011-886-3-572-4806 no fax provided.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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