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Parties Involved:
Hanjin Shipping
Defendant
J.P. SAMARTZIS MARITIME ENTERPRISES CO. S.A.
Defendant
David Moton
Plaintiff

Document Text:

EX PARTE APPLICATION AND ORDER CONTINUING CASE CONFERENCE -1- Case No. 07-01483-SI

BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES

703 MARKET STREET

SUITE 600

SAN FRANCISCO

CA, 94103

TEL (415) 398 -1040

FAX (415) 398 - 2001

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BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES

CORY A. BIRNBERG (SBN 105468)

JOSEPH SALAMA (SBN 212225)

703 Market Street Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94103

Telephone Number: (415) 398-1040

Facsimile Number: (415) 398-2001

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DAVID MOTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID MOTON,

Plaintiff,

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HANJIN SHIPPING; J.P. SAMARTZIS

MARITIME ENTERPRISES CO. S.A.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 07-01483-SI

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR

ORDER CONTINUING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

AND [proposed] ORDER

THEREON

Date of Case Conference:

February 15, 2008

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location:

Courtroom 10, 19th Floor

COMES NOW plaintiff DAVID MOTON and hereby moves ex parte to request a

continuance of the case conference presently on calendar for February 15, 2008.

APPLICATION

Counsel for plaintiff dismissed former defendant Hanjin Shipping from the case

based on facts that apparently demonstrate that Hanjin Shipping has no liability in this case.

In the meantime, counsel for plaintiff named the owner of the vessel, J.P. SAMARTZIS

MARITIME ENTERPRISES CO. S.A., an entity that resides in Greece. Counsel for

plaintiff translated the complaint into Greek pursuant to the Hague Convention, and then

sent it to the Greek Central Authority for service on Defendant J.P. SAMARTZIS

MARITIME ENTERPRISES CO. S.A. on November 9, 2007.

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EX PARTE APPLICATION AND ORDER CONTINUING CASE CONFERENCE -2- Case No. 07-01483-SI

BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES

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SUITE 600

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On February 7, 2007, Jared Washkowitz of Emard Danoff Port Tamulski & Paetzold

LLP telephoned counsel for Plaintiff and advised us that Emard Danoff Port Tamulski &

Paetzold LLP will be representing Defendant J.P. SAMARTZIS MARITIME

ENTERPRISES CO. S.A., and will be filing an answer to the complaint within the next two

weeks. We are accordingly respectfully requesting a forty-five day continuance of the case

management conference presently set for Friday February 15, 2008 to permit the case to be

at issue and give the parties an opportunity to meaningfully meet and confer prior to the

conference.

PRIOR CONTINUANCES

There have been a total of three continuances in this case to date. The continuances

are attributable to: (a) the difficulty in ascertaining the owner of the vessel on which Plaintiff

was injured, and (b) translating the complaint and attempting to serve the Greek defendant.

Most recently, Plaintiff made an application to continue the case conference on December 7,

2007 for sixty days, attaching the documents he sent to the Greek Central Authority. This

Court granted the December 7, 2007 request on that same date.

BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES

Dated: February 7, 2008 By: _/s/ Cory A. Birnberg_______

Cory A. Birnberg

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ORDER

Based on the representations made by counsel, the Court hereby orders the case

management conference set for February 15, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. be continued to March 28,

2008 at 2:00 p.m. All pre-conference deadlines are continued accordingly.

Dated: February ____, 2008 By: _________________________

Hon. Susan Illston

United States District Judge

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