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Parties Involved:
Carlson Morgan, LLC
Defendant
Central Garden & Pet Company
Plaintiff

Document Text:

MOTION TO CONTINUE THE 

INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE AND RELATED 

DATES

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PAUL W. REIDL (State Bar No. 155221)

Law Office of Paul W. Reidl

Second Floor

241 Eagle Trace Drive

Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

(650) 560-8530

paul@reidllaw.com

Attorney for Central Garden & Pet Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET 

COMPANY,

 a Delaware Corporation

Plaintiff,

 v. 

CARLSON MORGAN, LLC,

 a California Limited Liability Company,

 Defendant.

Case No. 4:15-cv-00609-JSW

MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF TO 

CONTINUE THE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED 

DATES; DECLARATION OF PAUL W. REIDL IN 

SUPPORT THEREOF [Local Rules 6-3, 7-11]

 

Pursuant to Local Rules 6-3 and 7-11, Plaintiff hereby moves the Court to continue the Case 

Management Conference and the scheduled dates indefinitely. The Clerk has entered a default against 

Defendant. Plaintiff anticipates filing a motion for default judgment within the next thirty (30 days). 

Since Defendant has not defended the case, a Case Management Plan and Conference is unnecessary. 

For these reasons and as set forth in the following Declaration, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the 

motion be granted and the deadlines be continued indefinitely. 

AND ORDER THEREON

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Respectfully submitted,

LAW OFFICE OF PAUL W. REIDL

Dated: April 28, 2015

 

 By: 

Paul W. Reidl (CA Bar No. 155221)

LAW OFFICE OF PAUL W. REIDL

Second Floor

241 Eagle Trace Drive

Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

(650) 560-8530

paul@reidllaw.com

DECLARATION OF PAUL W. REIDL

1. I am an attorney at law duly admitted to practice before this Court. I represent the 

Plaintiff, Central Garden & Pet Company in this action. I have personal knowledge of the matters 

testified to herein.

2. The Defendant is a sole proprietership in Modesto, California. Service was delayed 

because he was never available at his business address. Shortly after Defendant was served, its 

principal called the undersigned and said that he would not be defending the case because he could 

not afford counsel. Subsequent e-mails and telephone calls to Defendant’s principal have not been 

returned.

3. The reason for continuing the dates is that Defendant is in default and Plaintiff intends 

to file a motion for default judgment. Under these circumstances, there is no need to prepare and hold 

a hearing on a Case Management Plan. 

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4. Defendant has defaulted and has not returned telephone calls or e-mails. Since no one 

has appeared on Defendant’s behalf, there is no counsel of record from whom Defendant can obtain 

a stipulation to a continuance. 

5. The substantial harm and prejudice to going through the Case Management process is 

that it would be attorney and Court time spent engaging in a process that ultimately would be moot. 

The time would be better spent preparing the default motion and related papers.

6. There have been no previous modifications to the schedule in the case.

7. Ultimately, the requested time modification will have no effect on the schedule for the 

case because the case is likely to be decided on Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California that the foregoing

is true and correct.

Executed this 28th day of April 2015 in Half Moon Bay, California.

/s/ Paul W. Reidl

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the foregoing memorandum supporting declaration, and good cause being shown, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Initial Case Management Conference scheduled for 11:00 AM 

on May 8, 2015 and the other deadlines set forth in the Court’s February 10, 2015 Order Setting 

Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines are continued indefinitely. Plaintiff shall 

file a motion for default judgment within thirty (30 days) of the date of this Order.

Dated: ________________________ _____________________________________

Jeffrey S. White

United States District Court Judge

May 1, 2015

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