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Parties Involved:
Copasetik Recordings
Defendant
Digital Music Group, Inc.
Plaintiff

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 The caption has been amended according to the Dismissal

of Doe Defendants portion of this Order.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIGITAL MUSIC GROUP, INC., )

a Delaware Corporation, ) 2:07-cv-01503-GEB-GGH

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) ORDER CONTINUING STATUS

) (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

COPASETIK RECORDINGS, an entity ) CONFERENCE

unknown organized under the laws )

of the United Kingdom, )

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Defendant.1 )

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Plaintiff’s second status report filed January 8, 2008

states that Defendant has been served and “Defendant’s response to

Plaintiff’s complaint [was] due on January 8, 2008.” (Pl.’s 2d Status

Report at 2.) The status report further states that “Plaintiff

intends to request the entry of defendant’s default and to seek a

default judgment against defendant on the claims for which such a

judgment is proper and appropriate.” (Id. at 3.) This statement

however, fails to explain when Plaintiff plans on seeking the

referenced judgment. Since no filing deadline has been proposed, and

it is contemplated under Rule 16 that such a deadline be prescribed as

soon as practicable, Plaintiff shall do what is required for it file a

motion for default judgment within 45 days after this Order is filed. 

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If Plaintiff fails to do so, this action may be dismissed for failure

to prosecute. 

The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled in

this case for January 22, 2008, is rescheduled to commence at 9:00

a.m. on June 23, 2008. Plaintiff shall file a status report no later

than fourteen days prior to the rescheduled status conference, in

which Plaintiff is only required to explain the status of the default

issue. 

DISMISSAL OF DOE DEFENDANTS

Since Plaintiff has not justified Doe defendants remaining 

in this action, Does 1 through 10 are dismissed. See Order Setting

Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference filed July 25, 2007 at 2 n.2

(indicating that if Plaintiff fails to set forth in the joint status

report a date by when the identities of any “Doe” defendants are

expected to be discovered, the claims against Doe defendants would be

deemed abandoned and a dismissal order would follow).

SERVICE, JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AMENDMENT

No further service, joinder of parties or amendments to

pleadings is permitted, except with leave of Court, good cause having

been shown. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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