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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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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

DALE SAKAI,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 06-2581 MMC

ORDER REFERRING TO MAGISTRATE

JUDGE DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

DETERMINE SUFFICIENCY,

DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO COMPEL,

AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

COMPEL

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 72-1, the following four motions, each filed October 9,

2007, and all further discovery motions, are hereby REFERRED to a Magistrate Judge to

be heard and considered at the convenience of the assigned Magistrate Judge’s calendar: 

(1) defendant Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company’s “Motion to Determine Sufficiency of

Plaintiff Dale Sakai’s Answers to First Set of Requests for Admission Propounded by

Defendant Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company”; (2) defendants Merrill Lynch Life

Insurance Company and Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Agency Inc.’s “Motion for Order

Compelling Plaintiff Dale Sakai to Produce Documents Responsive to Defendants’ First Set

of Requests for Production of Documents”; (3) defendants Merrill Lynch Life Insurance

Company and Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Agency Inc.’s “Motion for Order Compelling

Non-party Kathy Nakagawa to Comply with Subpoena”; and (4) plaintiff’s “Motion to

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 The November 16, 2007 hearing date before the undersigned is vacated.

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Compel Production of Documents.”

Counsel will be advised of the date, time and place of the next appearance by notice

from the assigned Magistrate Judge’s chambers.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 10, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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