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Parties Involved:
Energy Corporation of America
Defendant
Russian Hill Capital, LP
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE

INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:15-cv-02554- HSG

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Michael L. Charlson (SBN 122125)

 mcharlson@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS LLP

525 Market Street, Suite 2750

San Francisco, California 94105-2763

Telephone: (415) 979-6900

Facsimile: (415) 651-8786

Attorneys for Defendant

ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

[Name and Address of Additional

Counsel Listed on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RUSSIAN HILL CAPITAL, L.P.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 

and DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-02554-HSG

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

POSTPONE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

RELATED DATES

Before the Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Russian Hill Capital, L.P. (“Russian Hill”) commenced this action 

by filing its Complaint For: (1) Fraud [and] (2) Misrepresentation of Facts – Cal Corp Code § 

25501(the “Complaint”) on May 5, 2014 in the Superior Court of the State of California, County 

of San Francisco; 

WHEREAS, Russian Hill served the Complaint on Defendant Energy Corporation of 

America (“ECA”) on May 14, 2015;

WHEREAS, ECA removed the action to this Court on June 9, 2015, with ECA’s filing of 

its Notice of Removal;

WHEREAS, on June 16, 2015, ECA filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint;

WHEREAS, on July 7, 2015, Russian Hill elected not to oppose ECA’s motion to dismiss 

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and instead exercised its right under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B) to amend its pleading by filing its 

First Amended Complaint For: (1) Fraud, (2) Misrepresentation of Facts – Cal Corp Code § 

25501, [and] (3) Violation of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act (the “First Amended 

Complaint”); 

WHEREAS, ECA filed a motion to dismiss directed to the First Amended Complaint (the 

“Motion”);

WHEREAS, briefing on the Motion is continuing, and a hearing on the Motion is 

scheduled for the Court’s regular law-and-motion calendar on Thursday, September 24, 2015; 

WHEREAS, an initial case management conference was scheduled in this matter when it 

was first filed and is currently on calendar for Tuesday, September 8, 2015;

WHEREAS, in light of the procedural posture of the case, the parties believe that it would 

be more efficient to postpone the initial case management conference and related proceedings 

(including the dates contemplated by the Initial Case Management Scheduling Order, the 

preparation of an initial case management conference statement and initial disclosures and meetand-confer obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26) until after the Court’s disposition of the Motion;

THEREFORE, subject to the Court’s approval, the parties agree as follows:

STIPULATION

1. The Case Management Conference currently scheduled in this action for 

September 8, 2015, is vacated, together with all associated dates set out in the Initial Case 

Management Scheduling Order and deadlines for the filing of a case management conference 

statement, initial disclosures and meet-and-confer discussions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26. In 

addition, the parties are excused for now from filing an ADR Certification or to meet-and-confer 

to select an ADR process. 

2. Within ten days of the Court’s disposition of the Motion, the parties will propose

to the Court a schedule for an initial case management conference and related dates (including 

initial disclosures and timing for meet-and-confer discussions to select an alternative dispute 

resolution process), which proposed schedule can and should take into account the timing of any 

further proceedings that may be necessary in light of the Court’s disposition of the Motion. For 

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example, should the Court grant the Motion with leave to amend and Russian Hill indicates an 

intention to amend its pleading, the parties’ proposed schedule may contemplate a delay in an 

initial case management conference until after the further amendment to the complaint or 

disposition of a new motion to dismiss that hypothetical amended complaint. 

3. The Clerk’s Notice concerning compliance with the Court’s local ADR-related 

rules dated August 19, 2015, is also vacated pending the Court’s resolution of the Motion.

Dated: August 20, 2015 VINSON & ELKINS LLP

By: /s/ Michael L. Charlson

Michael L. Charlson

Attorneys for Defendant

ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

KAUFHOLD GASKIN LLP

Steven S. Kaufhold (SBN 157195)

Jonathan B. Gaskin (SBN 203615)

388 Market Street, Suite 1300

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 445-4620

By: /s/ Steven S. Kaufhold________ Steven S. Kaufhold

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RUSSIAN HILL CAPITAL, LP

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation of the parties and good causing appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The initial Case Management Conference currently scheduled for September 8, 2015, together 

with related dates for filing of a case management conference statement and for initial disclosures 

and meet-and-confer discussions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, are postponed pending the Court’s 

resolution of Defendant’s pending motion to dismiss. The Clerk’s Notice concerning compliance 

with the Court’s local ADR-related rules dated August 19, 2015, is also vacated pending the 

Court’s resolution of the Motion.

Dated: August 21, 2015 ______________________________ United States District Judge

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ATTESTATION OF ELECTRONIC FILING

I, Michael L. Charlson, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file 

this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO POSTPONE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES. I hereby attest that counsel whose 

e-signatures appear above have concurred with this filing.

Dated: August 20, 2015 VINSON & ELKINS LLP

By: /s/ Michael L. Charlson

Michael L. Charlson

Attorneys for Defendant

ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that on August 20, 2015, the foregoing document was 

electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court for the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, using Court's Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system. 

The ECF system routinely sends a "Notice of Electronic Filing" to all attorneys of record who 

have consented to accept this notice as service of this document by electronic means.

Dated: August 20, 2015 VINSON & ELKINS LLP

By: /s/ Michael L. Charlson

Michael L. Charlson

Attorneys for Defendant

ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

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