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Parties Involved:
ERA Franchise Systems, Inc.
Plaintiff
ERA Premier Properties
Defendant
Cindy Stapp
Defendant

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PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF THE STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE

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CALVIN E. DAVIS (SBN: 101640) 

CATHERINE L. MANSKE (SBN: 183815 

GORDON & REES LLP 

655 University Avenue 

Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 565-2900 

Facsimile: (916) 920-4402 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ERA FRANCHISE SYSTEMS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ERA FRANCHISE SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

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CINDY STAPP, an individual doing business as 

ERA PREMIER PROPERTIES, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 2:07-CV-000418-WBSDAD 

PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR 

CONTINUANCE OF THE STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

CONFERENCE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiff ERA Franchise Systems, Inc. hereby requests that the Status (pretrial 

scheduling) Conference scheduled for May 7, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. be continued. Good cause exists 

for a continuance. 

Following filing of the complaint, plaintiff diligently sought to serve defendant Cindy 

Stapp. Those repeated attempts were unsuccessful, until personal service was effectuated on 

April 12, 2007. As of the filing of this request, defendant has not filed an answer nor has she 

been in contact with plaintiff’s counsel. Plaintiff has no understanding of what defendant’s 

intentions are with respect to responding to the complaint. Defendant has until May 2, 2007 to 

respond to the complaint. 

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Given the above, plaintiff believes that it would be premature to schedule this matter. 

Plaintiff requests that the court continue the Status (pretrial scheduling) Conference for 45 to 60 

days. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 26, 2007 GORDON & REES LLP 

By: /s/ 

Catherine L. Manske 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ERA FRANCHISE SYSTEMS, INC. 

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The court, having considered the plaintiff’s request to continue the Status (pretrial 

scheduling) Conference, rules as follows: 

The request for continuance is denied. 

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The request for continuance is granted. The Status (pretrial scheduling) Conference 

scheduled for May 7, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. is vacated. The parties are now ordered to attend a 

Status (pretrial scheduling) conference on July 16, 2007 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in Department 5. 

The parties are to file a Joint Status Report in accordance with the Order Setting Status (pretrial 

scheduling) Conference dated March 5, 2007. Plaintiff to serve defendant with this order, via 

mail, at the location where she received service of the complaint 

It is so ordered. 

Date: April 27, 2007 

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