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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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*E-FILED 4/5/07*

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SOFTWAREWORKS GROUP, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

IHOSTING, INC., WEBHOSTING PLUS,

INC., and MICHAEL KOFMAN,

Defendants. 

And Related Cross-Action

_____________________________________/

Case No. C06-04301 HRL

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO

DEFENDANTS/

COUNTERCLAIMANTS

To: Ihosting, Inc., Webhosting Plus, Inc., and Michael Kofman:

You and each of you are at risk of having (1) your answer to plaintiff's complaint

stricken (which would result ultimately in a default judgment against you) and (2) your

counterclaim dismissed. The court is contemplating taking these actions because:

(a) The corporate parties can only appear by counsel, and neither has obeyed this

court's order of March 6, 2007 to "forthwith" obtain counsel to represent them in

this matter;

(b) None of you has contacted the chambers of Magistrate Judge Patricia Trumbull,

as you were ordered, to arrange for a settlement conference;

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(c) None of you has sought an extension of time, responded to, or objected to

discovery propounded by plaintiff and the time to do so has passed;

(d) Since approximately December 2006 the case file indicates a pattern of inaction

on your part which suggests strongly that you no longer intend to participate in

this litigation.

Accordingly, in order to show cause why this court should not take the action it

contemplates, you are ordered as follows:

(a) Counsel for the corporate parties will file a notice of appearance with this court

by April 19, 2007;

(b) The individual party, Micahel Kofman, will file either a notice of appearance in

pro se with complete contact information for himself or a notice of appearance

by an attorney on his behalf, by April 19, 2007;

(c) Each of you (or attorneys on your behalf) will contact the chambers of

Magistrate Judge Trumbull (408-535-5376) to arrange a settlement conference,

and advise this court in writing that you have done so by April 19, 2007; and

(d) Each of you will either respond to the outstanding discovery directed to you,

with a copy of your responses (but not copies of any documents actually

produced) submitted to this court by April 19, 2007, or by that same date submit

an application to this court explaining fully and in detail how much more time is

needed to comply and why you did not attend to it before now.

If you fail to show cause as ordered (or in some other acceptable way signify to this

court that you have the intent and means to continue in this litigation) the court will strike your

answer to the complaint and dismiss your counterclaim under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

16(f), 37, and 41.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 4/5/07 /s/ Howard R. Lloyd 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDER WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY

MAILED TO:

Lael D. Andara landara@ropers.com, aslanlair@ropers.com; mmcpherson@ropers.com;

lkoozmin@ropers.com 

Robert P. Andris randris@ropers.com, lkoozmin@ropers.com; mmcpherson@ropers.com 

Robert Lloyd Maines maines@robertmaineslaw.com, jmills@OMM.com 

Counsel are responsible for transmitting this order to co-counsel who have not signed up

for e-filing.

Dated: 4/5/07 /s/ JMM 

 Chambers of Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd

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