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Nature of Suit Code: 120
Nature of Suit: Marine Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

CB FREIGHT INT'L, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05289-KAW 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

ORDER REQUIRING APPEARING 

PARTIES TO FILE A STIPULATION

Plaintiff Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. filed this lawsuit against defendants alleging unpaid 

freight charges pursuant to an ocean bill of lading. All defendants except for CB Freight

International, Inc. have appeared. Plaintiff and all appearing defendants have consented to the 

jurisdiction of the undersigned magistrate judge. CB Freight has not appeared and, therefore, has

not consented to the undersigned’s jurisdiction, and default was entered against CB Freight on 

March 2, 2016.

On August 9, 2016, Plaintiff and Defendant Sky-World Express International, Inc. filed a 

case management conference statement stating that they have reached a settlement and expect to 

file a dismissal within 90 days. (Dkt. No. 37.) The Court may not dismiss a case without the 

consent of all parties. Thus, there are two procedures that the Court may follow. First, the Court 

could order the case reassigned to a district court judge. Second, the Court may retain jurisdiction 

of Plaintiff’s case against the appearing defendant if the appearing parties stipulate to sever the 

claims against the non-appearing defendant from this case. See Order Granting Stipulation to 

Sever, Livingston v. Art.com, No. 13-03748-CRB (JSC) (N.D. Cal. Nov. 27, 2013), ECF No. 35. 

In the event of such a stipulation, the case against the non-appearing defendant would be assigned 

a new case number and the case would remain assigned to this judge. Should a motion for a 

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default judgment be filed, the undersigned would issue a report and recommendation for review by 

a district court judge.

Accordingly, on or before August 24, 2016, the appearing parties shall either (1) file a 

stipulation agreeing to severance, or (2) advise the Court that the case should be reassigned. 

Furthermore, at the request of the appearing parties, the case management conference 

scheduled for August 16, 2016 is continued to December 13, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 12, 2016

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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