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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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C-04-4088-CW 

HELANE L. MORRISON

JOHN S. YUN (yunj@sec.gov)

ROBERT L. MITCHELL (mitchellr @sec.gov)

WILLIAM T. SALZMANN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 705-2500

Telecopy: (415) 705-2501

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

___________________________________

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, )

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Plaintiff, )

vs. )

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JEREMY R. LENT, JOHN V. HASHMAN, )

YINZI CAI, DOUGLAS WACHTEL and )

BRUCE RIGIONE, )

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Defendants, )

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THE LENT FAMILY TRUST, )

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Relief Defendant. )

___________________________________ )

Civil No. C-04-4088-CW

ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFF’S AND

DEFENDANTS’ JOINT

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

AND TRIAL DATES IN LIGHT

OF PROPOSED

SETTLEMENTS.

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C-04-4088-CW 1

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES

Pursuant to the Court’s orders, plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission

("Commission") and defendants John V. Hashman (“Hashman”), Bruce Rigione (“Rigione”) and Douglas

Wachtel (“Wachtel”) appeared before Chief Magistrate Judge James Larson on September 29, 2006, for

a mandatory settlement conference. Previously, the Commission’s attorneys reached proposed

settlements in principle with defendants Jeremy R. Lent (“Lent”) and Yinzi Cai (“Cai”). 

By October 3, 2006, the Commission also reached proposed settlements in principle with

Hashman, Rigione and Lent and advised Chief Magistrate Judge Larson of that development. In

response, the Court continued the pretrial filing deadline from October 3, 2006 to October 13, 2006, the

final pretrial conference from October 16, 2006 to October 20, 2006, and the trial date from October 23,

2006 to October 30, 2006. 

Subsequently, the Commission scheduled a meeting during the week of October 23, 2006

to consider the defendants’ settlement proposals. In light of the timing for the Commission’s

consideration of defendants’ settlement proposals, the parties hereby request another short extension of

the following dates:

1. The final pretrial conference that is now scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Friday,

October 20, 2006, will be continued to any date and time that is convenient to the Court during the week

of October 30, 2006; and

2. The trial that is now scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. on Monday,

October 30, 2006, will be continued by one week to 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 6, 2006.

Good cause exists for these extensions because they will allow all parties to learn the

outcome of the Commission’s consideration of the settlement proposals and to learn which defendants

and issues remain, if any, for the final pretrial conference and trial.

Dated: October 16, 2006 John S. Yun___________________

JOHN S. YUN

ROBERT L. MITCHELL

WILLIAM T. SALZMANN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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C-04-4088-CW 2

Dated: October 16, 2006 Shirli Fabbri Weiss______________

SHIRLI FABBRI WEISS

PAUL A. REYNOLDS

DLA PIPER US LLP

Attorneys for Defendant JEREMY R. LENT and THE LENT

FAMILY TRUST

Dated: October 16, 2006 David M. Jolley___________________

HARRIS WEINSTEIN

DAVID M. JOLLEY

COVINGTON & BURLING

Attorney for Defendant JOHN HASHMAN

Dated: October 16, 2006 Margaret L. Wu_______________

JORDAN ETH

MARGARET L. WU

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

Attorneys for Defendant YINZI CAI

Dated: October 16, 2006 Jacob A. Sorensen_______________

BRUCE A. ERICSON

JACOB R. SORENSEN

KRISTIN M. LEFEVRE

RANAH L. ESMAILI

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

Attorneys for Defendant BRUCE RIGIONE

Dated: October 16, 2006 Michael C. Celio_________________

STUART L. GASNER

MICHAEL D. CELIO

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP

Attorneys for Defendant DOUGLAS WACHTEL

ORDER EXTENDING PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATES

The parties having advised the Court that the Securities and Exchange Commission will

consider defendants’ settlement proposals during the week of October 23, 2006 and good cause

appearing, the final pretrial conference is hereby rescheduled to October 27, 2006 at 1:30 p. m. and the

trial date is rescheduled to Monday, November 6, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.

Dated: October 17, 2006

_______________________

Claudia Wilken

United States District Judge

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