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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re: Edward H. Okun Internal Revenue 

Service Tax Deferred Exchange Litigation

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Anita Hunter, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Citibank, N.A., et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 07-02795 JW

NO. C 09-02079 JW

 

ORDER VACATING CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE; SETTING HEARING ON

MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

OF WAVE II SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

This case is scheduled for a Case Management Conference on February 8, 2010. Pursuant to

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules of this Court, the parties conferred and duly

submitted a Joint Case Management Statement. (hereafter, “Joint Statement,” Docket Item No.

261.) In their Joint Statement, the parties represent that Defendants Lockton, Todd Pajonas, Bank of

America, N.A., and Countrywide Bank, FSB, have agreed, in principle, to settle as part of the Wave

II Settlement Agreement. (Id. at 5.) In light of this representation, the Court finds that a Case

Management Conference is unnecessary at this time.

Accordingly, the Court VACATES the Case Management Conference. On May 10, 2010 at

9 a.m., the Court will conduct a hearing on the parties’ anticipated Motion for Preliminary Approval

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of the Wave II Settlement. The parties shall notice their motion in accordance with the Civil Local

Rules of the Court.

Dated: February 3, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Allen W. Burton aburton@omm.com

Allison Lane Cooper acooper@kksrr.com

Anthony Robert Zelle tzelle@zelmcd.com

Bradley J. Lingo blingo@gibsondunn.com

Brett Alan Broge bbroge@lerchsturmer.com

Brian P. McDonough bmcdonough@zelmcd.com

Bryan Thomas West btw@tewlaw.com

Carol Lynn Thompson cthompson@sidley.com

Cindy Hamilton hamiltonc@gtlaw.com

Eileen Regina Ridley eridley@foley.com

Ethan D. Dettmer edettmer@gibsondunn.com

F. Joseph Warin fwarin@gibsondunn.com

James Carnegie Krieg jkrieg@kksrr.com

Jeffrey Noah Labovitch jlabovitch@rmwllp.com

John Kenneth Van De Weert jvandeweert@sidley.com

Kevin Michael Fee kfee@sidley.com

Lawrence A Kellogg lak@tewlaw.com

Madeline Anne Zamoyski mzamoyski@omm.com

Mark Bruce Blocker mblocker@sidley.com

Michael Drury mdrury@rmwllp.com

Michael P. Denver mpdenver@hbsb.com

Patrick T. Wong pwong@foley.com

R. Van Swearingen vswearingen@sidley.com

Robert A. Curtis rcurtis@foleybezek.com

Robert Louis Brace rlbrace@hbsb.com

Ryan D. Fischbach rfischbach@bakerlaw.com

Stephen F. Gordon sgordon@gordonfirm.com

Thomas G. Foley tfoley@foleybezek.com

Thomas Reynolds Heisler theisler@sidley.com

Thomas W. Evans tevans@zelmcd.com

Timothy J. Halloran thalloran@mpbf.com

Todd Barnett Gordon tgordon@gordonfirm.com

Wayne Allen Schrader wschrader@gibsondunn.com

William J. Goines goinesw@gtlaw.com

Dated: February 3, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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