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Parties Involved:
Comcast Cable Communications Corporation, LLC
Counter-defendant
Finisar Corporation
Counter-claimant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS

CORPORATION, LLC, a Pennsylvania

Corporation,

Plaintiff,

 v.

FINISAR CORPORATION, a Delaware

Corporation,

Defendant. /

No. C 06-04206 WHA

NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING

At yesterday’s hearing, the Court was concerned to learn that Comcast had produced no

documents in discovery, even though Comcast filed this action nine months ago. When a

plaintiff seeks the protection of a court in a declaratory judgment action, the plaintiff should be

(and usually is) quite forthcoming in discovery and scheduling so that the case can be resolved

on the merits fairly. The Court has been assuming that discovery was well underway. 

The Court would like to roll this circumstance into the pending motion to stay the entire

case pending re-examination. Since the briefing on this issue is complete or will be by today,

each side may file a supplement up to ten pages (total, no appendices) setting forth the extent to

which discovery is still in the earliest stages, so that a stay might be appropriate. Each side

should file this by MONDAY, MARCH 26, AT NOON. 

Dated: March 22, 2007. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:06-cv-04206-WHA Document 87 Filed 03/22/07 Page 1 of 1