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Exhibit A

[PROPOSED] Order

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WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

Stephen Karotkin (pro hac vice)

(stephen.karotkin@weil.com)

Jessica Liou (pro hac vice)

(jessica.liou@weil.com) 

Matthew Goren (pro hac vice)

(matthew.goren@weil.com)

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153-0119

Tel: 212 310 8000

Fax: 212 310 8007

KELLER & BENVENUTTI LLP

Tobias S. Keller (#151445)

(tkeller@kellerbenvenutti.com)

Jane Kim (#298192)

(jkim@kellerbenvenutti.com)

650 California Street, Suite 1900

San Francisco, CA 94108

Tel: 415 496 6723

Fax: 650 636 9251

Proposed Attorneys for Debtors 

and Debtors in Possession

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re: 

PG&E CORPORATION,

 - and -

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY,

Bankruptcy Case 

No. 19 -30088 (DM)

Chapter 11

(Lead Case)

(Jointly Administered)

[PROPOSED] ORDER IMPLEMENTING

CERTAIN NOTICE AND CASE 

MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

Date: January 27, 2019

Time: 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Time)

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court

Courtroom 17, 16th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

Debtors.

 Affects PG&E Corporation 

 Affects Pacific Gas and Electric Company 

 Affects both Debtors

* All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM). 

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Upon the Motion, dated _______, 2019 (the “Case Management Motion”),1 of PG&E 

Corporation (“PG&E Corp.”) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”), as debtors and 

debtors in possession (collectively, “PG&E” or the “Debtors”) in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases 

(the “Chapter 11 Cases”), pursuant to section 105(a) of title 11 of the United States Code (the 

“Bankruptcy Code”) and Rules 1015(c), 2002(m), and 9007 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy 

Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”) for an order approving and implementing certain notice, case 

management, and administrative procedures set forth therein (collectively the “Case Management 

Procedures”), all as more fully set forth in the Case Management Motion; and this Court having 

jurisdiction to consider the Case Management Motion and the relief requested therein pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, and the Order Referring Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings to Bankruptcy 

Judges, General Order 24 and Rule 5011-1(a) of the Bankruptcy Local Rules for the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Bankruptcy Local Rules”); and consideration 

of the Case Management Motion and the requested relief being a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 157(b); and venue being proper before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409; and due 

and proper notice of the Case Management Motion having been provided to the parties listed therein, 

and it appearing that no other or further notice need be provided; and this Court having reviewed the 

Case Management Motion; and a hearing having been noticed to consider the relief requested in the Case 

Management Motion (the “Hearing”); and upon the record of the Hearing and all of the proceedings had 

before the Court; and this Court having found and determined that the relief sought in the Case 

Management Motion is in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates, creditors, shareholders, and all 

parties in interest; and that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Case Management Motion establish 

just cause for the relief granted herein; and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Case Management Motion is granted to the extent set forth herein.

 1 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise herein defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such 

terms in the Case Management Motion.

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2. The Case Management Procedures set forth herein are approved and shall govern 

all aspects of these Chapter 11 Cases, except as otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed to by mutual 

consent of the parties.

3. The Debtors’ claims and noticing agent (the “Claims and Noticing Agent”) is 

authorized to maintain the case website (the “Case Website”) that it has established, available at 

https://restructuring.primeclerk.com/pge/, where, among other things, the Case Management 

Procedures, and also key dates and information about these Chapter 11 Cases, will be posted. Pursuant 

to the Order Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 156(c) Authorizing Retention and Appointment of Prime Clerk 

LLC as Claims and Noticing Agent [Dkt. No. 245] entered by this Court on February 1, 2019, all proofs 

of claim filed in these Chapter 11 Cases will be filed with, and retained by, the Claims and Noticing 

Agent.

FILING OF DOCUMENTS

4. All documents filed in these cases, including but not limited to all notices, 

motions, applications, other requests for relief, and documents filed in support thereof (collectively, the 

“Motions”), objections or responses to Motions (“Oppositions”), and replies to Opposition (the 

“Replies,” and together with the Motions and Oppositions, the “Documents”) shall be filed in 

accordance with Bankruptcy Local Rule 5005-1(c), which governs Electronic Case Filing, on the docket 

of In re PG&E Corporation, Case No. 19-30088 (DM) (the “Docket”). Promptly after any Document 

has been filed electronically, the filer shall deliver chambers copies to the Court in accordance with the 

procedures available at: http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/procedure/san-francisco/policy-chamber-copiesecf-filed-documents-san-francisco.

PARTIES ENTITLED TO SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Rule 11-3(e) of the Local Rules of 

Practice in Civil Procedure before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 

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all Documents shall be served, in the manner described herein, on the following parties (collectively, the 

“Standard Parties”): 

i. the Debtors, c/o PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PO Box 

770000, 77 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 (Attn: Janet Loduca, Esq.);

ii. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153 

(Attn: Stephen Karotkin, Esq., Jessica Liou, Esq., and Matthew Goren, Esq.), 

proposed attorneys for the Debtors;

iii. Keller & Benvenutti LLP, 650 California Street, Suite 1900, San Francisco, CA 

94108 (Attn: Tobias Keller, Esq. and Jane Kim, Esq.), proposed attorneys for the 

Debtors;

iv. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038-4982 

(Attn: Kristopher M. Hansen, Esq., Erez E. Gilad, Esq., and Matthew G. Garofalo, 

Esq.) and 2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086 (Attn: Frank A. 

Merola, Esq.), as counsel for the administrative agent under the Debtors’ debtor-inpossession financing facility;

v. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (Attn: 

Eli J. Vonnegut, Esq., David Schiff, Esq., and Timothy Graulich, Esq.), as counsel 

for the collateral agent under the Debtors’ debtor-in-possession financing facility;

vi. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, 

New York, NY 10019-6064 (Attn: Alan W. Kornberg, Esq., Brian S. Hermann, 

Esq., Walter R. Rieman, Esq., Sean A. Mitchell, Esq., and Neal P. Donnelly,

Esq.), as counsel to the California Public Utilities Commission;

vii. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 (Attn: 

General Counsel);

viii. U.S. Department of Justice, 1100 L Street, NW, Room 7106, Washington DC

20005 (Attn: Danielle A. Pham, Esq.,) as counsel for United States on behalf of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;

ix. Counsel for any official committee(s) that may be appointed in these Chapter 11 

Cases (an “Official Committee”); and

x. any person or entity with a particularized interest in the subject matter of a certain 

Document.

6. In addition to the Standard Parties, Motions, but no other Documents, must be 

served on all persons and entities that have filed notices of appearance and requested service in these 

cases pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 and the Case Management Procedures (the “Rule 2002 

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Parties”). Notwithstanding this Order, Documents filed in adversary proceedings shall be served in 

accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Local Bankruptcy Rules.

7. The Claims and Noticing Agent shall maintain a master service list (the “Master 

Service List”), which shall include the Standard Parties and the Rule 2002 Parties. The Master Service 

List shall contain physical addresses and e-mail addresses. The Claims and Noticing Agent shall use 

reasonable efforts to update the Master Service List as often as practicable, but in no event less frequently 

than every thirty (30) days. The Claims and Noticing Agent shall provide a copy of the most up-to-date 

version of the Master Service List to any party in interest requesting a copy of the same and a copy of 

the Master Service List shall be posted on the Case Website commencing as of the date that is ten (10) 

days from the date of this Order.

8. The proceedings with respect to which notice is limited to the Master Service List 

(including any person or entity with a particularized interest in the subject matter of the Document) shall 

include all matters covered by Bankruptcy Rule 2002, with the express exception of the following: (i) 

notices of (a) a meeting of creditors pursuant to section 341 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the time fixed 

for filing proofs of claim pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c), and (c) the time fixed for filing objections 

to, and the hearings to consider, approval of a disclosure statement and a chapter 11 plan; and (ii) notice 

and transmittal of ballots for accepting or rejecting a chapter 11 plan, which notices shall be given in 

accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2002 and other applicable Bankruptcy Rules, unless otherwise ordered 

by the Court or otherwise prescribed by the Bankruptcy Code.

METHOD OF SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

9. The Standard Parties shall serve the Master Service List by U.S. mail, overnight 

delivery, hand delivery, e-mail, or Notice of Electronic Filing through the CM/ECF system (the choice 

of the foregoing being in the Debtors’ or any Official Committee’s sole discretion). Parties other than 

the Debtors and any Official Committee shall serve Documents on the Master Service List in accordance 

with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the Bankruptcy Local Rules; provided that (i) 

service by facsimile by such parties shall not be effective; (ii) parties are authorized to serve Rule 2002 

Parties by e-mail; provided that if a party entitled to notice of a Motion does not have an e-mail address 

or an e-mail address is not available, the party shall be served by U.S. mail, overnight delivery, facsimile 

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(if agreed by such party), or hand delivery, the choice of the foregoing being in the sole discretion of the 

serving party in accordance with the Case Management Procedures; and (iii) any other party may agree 

to accept service by e-mail. 

10. If service is authorized and completed by e-mail, paper copies of the Documents 

shall not be required to be served on interested parties by any other method and e-mail service shall 

satisfy the Court’s rules for service.

11. The time of service, regardless of where service is effected, is deemed to have 

occurred based on prevailing Pacific Time.

12. Service by e-mail shall be effective as of the date and time the Document is sent 

to the e-mail address provided by a party.

13. All Documents served by e-mail shall include the entire Document, including the 

proposed form(s) of order and any exhibits, attachments, and other relevant materials, in “.pdf” format, 

readable by Adobe Acrobat or an equivalent program. All service by e-mail shall include “Service by 

E-mail in PG&E Bankruptcy Case:” at the beginning of the subject line of the e-mail, followed by a 

concise description of the Documents being served. The relevant Document shall either be attached to 

the e-mail in a format specified above or the e-mail shall contain a link to such filing in such format. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Document cannot be attached to an e-mail (because of its size, 

technical difficulties, or otherwise), the party serving the Document may, in its sole discretion (i) serve 

the entire Document by U.S. Mail or overnight delivery, including the proposed form(s) of order and 

any exhibits, attachments, and other relevant materials or (ii) e-mail the party being served and include 

a notation that the Document cannot be attached and will be (a) mailed if requested or (b) posted on any 

website maintained in connection with these Chapter 11 Cases.

14. The Rule 2002 Parties shall be deemed to have consented to service by e-mail or 

ECF, and such party shall thereby be served in accordance with the Case Management Procedures.

15. In addition, further to Bankruptcy Local Rule 9013-3(c), transmission of the 

Notification of Electronic Filing by ECF to a Registered Participant (as defined in the Local Bankruptcy 

Rules) who has consented to electronic service shall constitute effective service on that Registered 

Participant of all papers filed in these Chapter 11 Cases, except that Documents filed in adversary 

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proceedings shall be served in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and the 

Bankruptcy Local Rules.

REQUESTING NOTICE

16. Any creditor, equity interest holder, or party in interest that wishes to receive 

notice in these cases and is not otherwise entitled to notice pursuant to these Case Management 

Procedures shall file a notice of appearance and request for service of papers in accordance with 

Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b) (a “Notice of Appearance”).

17. A Notice of Appearance shall include the following information: (i) the party’s 

name; (ii) the name of its counsel, if applicable; (iii) an e-mail address at which the requesting party 

consents to service of all Documents; and (iv) a physical address by which the requesting party may be 

served by U.S. mail, hand delivery, and overnight delivery. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 2002 

and 9010(b), no request for service filed in these cases shall have any effect unless the foregoing 

requirements are satisfied.

18. Any individual or entity filing a Notice of Appearance who does not maintain and 

cannot practicably obtain an e-mail address must include in its Notice of Appearance a certification 

stating the same. Notice will be provided to these individuals or entities by U.S. mail, overnight delivery, 

or facsimile, in the sole discretion of the serving party in accordance with the Case Management 

Procedures.

SCHEDULING OF HEARINGS

19. The Court will schedule, in consultation with the Debtors, periodic “open 

calendar” hearings (“Omnibus Hearings”) at which Motions and other requests for relief shall be heard. 

Upon scheduling, the Claims and Noticing Agent shall post the dates of the Omnibus Hearings on the 

Case Website. The Court will schedule additional Omnibus Hearings on request of the Debtors, and, 

upon scheduling, the Claims and Noticing Agent shall post the date of the Omnibus Hearing on the Case 

Website. Entities may contact the Claims and Noticing Agent for information concerning all scheduled 

Omnibus Hearings.

20. Initial scheduling conferences for adversary proceedings shall be scheduled on 

Omnibus Hearing dates; provided that initial scheduling conferences scheduled in connection with 

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adversary proceedings involving the Debtors shall be set on a date that is at least thirty (30) days after 

the filing of the complaint.

21. Every complaint initiating an adversary proceeding and every notice of removal 

pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9027 shall be accompanied by a completed Adversary Proceeding Cover 

Sheet in a form prescribed by the Clerk, as required by Bankruptcy Local Rule 7003-1. Adversary 

Proceeding Cover Sheets shall be available in the Office of the Bankruptcy Clerk and on the Court’s 

website at www.canb.uscourts.gov. Except as otherwise ordered, motions in adversary proceedings shall 

be set for briefing on the schedule prescribed in Bankruptcy Local Rule 7007-1. Hearings on Motions 

filed by a non-Debtor must be scheduled for an Omnibus Hearing except as permitted under the 

Expedited Relief Procedures (as defined below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a hearing on Motions 

filed by a non-Debtor may thereafter be rescheduled by stipulation with the Debtors for a date other than 

an Omnibus Hearing date through coordination with the Court.

22. If a Document is filed by a non-Debtor party and purports to set a hearing date 

inconsistent with the Case Management Procedures, the Court shall reschedule the hearing through a 

minute order on the Docket, for the first available Omnibus Hearing date after the applicable notice 

period has expired and all applicable deadlines to oppose or reply to the Document shall apply to the 

new hearing date.

23. If a movant or applicant other than the Debtors determines that a motion or 

application requires emergency or expedited relief, the movant or applicant shall telephonically contact 

the Debtors’ attorneys requesting that the motion or application be considered on an expedited basis (the 

“Expedited Relief Procedures”). If the Debtors disagree with the movant or applicant’s determination 

regarding the emergency or expedited nature of the relief requested, the movant or applicant shall (i) 

inform the Court of the disagreement by telephone and thereafter (ii) arrange for a telephonic chambers 

conference for the Court to determine whether an expedited hearing is necessary. If the Court determines 

expedited consideration is necessary, it may set an expedited hearing and any necessary expedited 

briefing schedule. The parties shall otherwise comply with Judge Montali’s Practices and Procedures, 

available at the Court’s website: (http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/procedure/montali/judge-montalispractices-and-procedures).

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24. If a Motion to extend the time to take any action is filed consistent with this Order 

before the expiration of the period prescribed by the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the 

Bankruptcy Local Rules, or the provisions of any order entered by this Court, the time shall automatically 

be extended until the Court acts on the Motion, without the necessity for the entry of a bridge order.

SCHEDULE FOR FILING DOCUMENTS

25. Documents filed in these Chapter 11 Cases shall follow the briefing schedules set 

forth in Bankruptcy Local Rule 9014-1(c), except as expressly modified herein. Unless ordered by the 

Court, the objection deadline for all Motions shall be 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing Pacific Time). Motions in 

adversary proceedings shall follow the briefing schedule set forth in Bankruptcy Local Rule 7007-1. 

The scheduled hearing date for all Motions shall be an Omnibus Hearing date unless otherwise 

authorized by the Court.

26. Notwithstanding section 362(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, if a motion for relief 

from the automatic stay (a “Stay Relief Motion”) is scheduled, in accordance with this Order, for, or 

adjourned to, a hearing date that falls on or after the thirtieth (30th) day after the filing of the Stay Relief 

Motion, the moving party shall be deemed to have consented to the continuation of the automatic stay 

in effect pending the conclusion of, or as a result of, a final hearing and determination under section 

362(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and shall be deemed to have waived its right to assert the termination of 

the automatic stay under section 362(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

27. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Bankruptcy Local Rules to 

the contrary, in accordance with section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, Stay Relief Motions shall be 

noticed for consideration on the Omnibus Hearing Date that is at least twenty-one (21) days after the 

Stay Relief Motion is filed and notice thereof is served upon the Debtors. Unless otherwise ordered by 

the Court, the objection deadline with respect thereto shall be 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing Pacific Time) on the 

date that is seven (7) calendar days prior to the applicable hearing.

28. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, Replies, if any, shall be filed with the 

Court and served in accordance with these Case Management Procedures on or before 12:00 p.m. 

(Prevailing Pacific Time) on the day that is two (2) business days prior to the date of the applicable 

hearing (the “Reply Deadline”).

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29. Sur-replies shall be not permitted or considered unless authorized by the Court.

30. Submission of orders shall follow the procedures set forth in Bankruptcy Local 

Rule 9021-1(c) and the San Francisco Division’s procedures for uploading orders.

HEARING PROCEDURES

31. The initial hearing on all Motions will not be an evidentiary hearing, unless the 

Court otherwise directs in advance of the hearing. If, upon or after the filing of a Motion, any party 

seeks an evidentiary hearing, such party must confer with all other parties involved to determine whether 

there is agreement that an evidentiary hearing is appropriate. In the absence of an agreement, the Court 

will consider requests for an evidentiary hearing by conference call. The Court may, upon advance 

request and for cause shown, order that the initial hearing on a Motion will be an evidentiary hearing. 

Generally, interests of judicial economy and the absence of disputed material issues of fact will 

collectively suggest that a non-evidentiary hearing is appropriate on Motions.

32. Concurrently with any determination that an evidentiary hearing is necessary or 

desirable, Chambers must be notified with an estimate of expected trial time; parties may be informed 

that a different return date is necessary if the available time on the requested day is insufficient. Any 

Motion noticed as an evidentiary hearing must prominently state, just below the return date in the upper 

right-hand corner, “Evidentiary Hearing Requested.”

33. A request for relief in a Motion may be granted without a hearing provided that, 

after the passage of the objection deadline; the movant requests relief by default by following the 

procedures set forth in B.L.R. 9014-1(b)(4). If the Court does not grant the relief, the Motion will be 

heard at the originally scheduled hearing; provided that if the Court does not grant the relief requested 

in a Motion without a hearing, such action shall not constitute an extension of the objection deadline 

related thereto, unless otherwise agreed between the Debtors and the party seeking relief.

34. In the event a matter is properly noticed for hearing and the parties reach 

agreement on a settlement of the dispute prior to the final hearing, the parties may announce the 

settlement at the scheduled hearing. In the event the Court determines that the notice of the dispute and 

the hearing is adequate notice of the effects of the settlement (i.e., that the terms of the settlement are not 

materially different from what parties in interest could have expected if the dispute were fully litigated), 

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the Court may approve the settlement at the hearing without further notice of the terms of the settlement. 

In the event the Court determines that additional or supplemental notice is required, the Debtors shall 

serve such notice in accordance with the Case Management Procedures set forth herein and a hearing to 

consider such settlement shall be on the next hearing day deemed appropriate by the Court.

FORM OF DOCUMENTS

35. A “Notice of Hearing” for every Motion shall be filed in accordance with

Bankruptcy Local Rule 9013-1(b)(3) and shall include the following: (i) the title of the Motion; (ii) the 

parties upon whom any Opposition to the Motion is required to be served; (iii) the date and time of the 

applicable objection deadline; (iv) the date of the Omnibus Hearing at which the Motion shall be 

considered by the Court; and (v) a statement that the relief requested may be granted without a hearing 

if no Opposition is timely filed and served in accordance with these Case Management Procedures.

36. The applicable objection deadline shall appear below the hearing date on every 

Notice of Hearing and each Motion and each Opposition thereto.

37. Nothing in these Case Management Procedures shall prejudice the right of any 

party to move the Court to request relief under section 107(b) of the Bankruptcy Code to protect any 

entity with respect to a trade secret or confidential research, development, or commercial information or 

to protect a person with respect to scandalous or defamatory matter contained in a Document filed in 

these Chapter 11 Cases.

DISCOVERY AND EVIDENCE

38. Expedited discovery in contested matters in these Chapter 11 Cases is authorized 

without further Court order. This authorization is without prejudice to the rights of any party or witness 

to seek protective order relief if the time to respond or appear, or the burden of the requested discovery, 

is unreasonable or for other cause shown. Parties are expected to work informally and cooperatively to 

effect any necessary discovery, with due recognition of the time exigencies that are typical in bankruptcy 

litigation. Document requests by letter, facsimile (if available), or e-mail (if available) are authorized.

39. Parties are required in the first instance to resolve discovery and due diligence 

disputes by negotiation in good faith and, if necessary, a conference call with the Court without 

submission of papers. Such calls will not be scheduled until and unless the parties have first tried and 

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failed to resolve the disputed matters themselves. Parties requesting a conference call shall do so by 

written request to Chambers with a description of the underlying dispute. Unless otherwise ordered by 

the Court, no Motion with respect to a discovery or due diligence dispute may be filed unless the parties 

have first conferred in good faith to resolve it and also sought to resolve the matter by conference call 

with the Court.

40. Except as otherwise ordered by the Court for cause shown before the hearing, all 

direct testimony in contested matters in these Chapter 11 Cases, other than duly designated deposition 

testimony and testimony by witnesses not under the party’s reasonable control, must be submitted by 

affidavit, and all cross-examination and subsequent examination will be taken live. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the Court, all affidavits and any designated testimony must be submitted to the adversary and 

the Court no later than three (3) full business days before the hearing.

41. Parties may, if they are so advised, introduce the testimony of witnesses who 

reasonably can be expected not to be cooperative (such as employees or agents of adversaries) by calling 

them as adverse witnesses and taking their testimony on “adverse direct.” The Court will generally 

regard taking direct testimony “live” as appropriate if, but only if, matters of credibility are important in 

the particular case, and credibility on direct, as well as after cross-examination, is at issue; the Court 

generally will regard “live” direct as inappropriate where the bulk of the testimony is historical or 

involves more than minimal discussion of accounting information or other financial or numerical 

analysis. In any instances where direct testimony will proceed “live,” the proponent(s) of such testimony 

will be responsible for so advising Chambers in advance and taking such steps (e.g., subpoenas) as are 

necessary to secure the attendance of any non-cooperating witnesses. The parties shall also meet and 

confer to agree on the admissibility of as many proposed exhibits as possible and shall submit a joint 

exhibit book to Chambers no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

MISCELLANEOUS

42. By approximately 12:00 p.m. (Prevailing Pacific Time) on the day before a 

scheduled hearing, the Debtors shall file a letter (the “Agenda Letter”) setting forth each matter to be 

heard at the hearing (the letter may be updated after the initial submission if necessary) and shall deliver 

a copy of the letter to Chambers, by e-mail or hand delivery, and serve the letter(s), by e-mail or Notice 

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of Electronic Filing: (i) the U.S. Trustee; (iii) counsel for any Official Committee; and (iv) any parties 

filing Documents to be heard at the hearing; provided that an Agenda Letter shall not be required where 

the Debtors have less than forty-eight (48) hours’ notice of a hearing.

43. Matters listed on the Agenda Letter shall be limited to matters of substance and 

shall not include administrative filings such as notices of appearance and affidavits of service.

44. If a party desires to participate in a hearing by telephone, such party must arrange 

such telephonic participation with Court Call, adhering to the San Francisco Division’s Procedures for 

Appearances by Telephone and this Court’s Practices and Procedures. Court staff approval is not 

required for telephonic appearances in these Chapter 11 Cases, and the 4:00 p.m. telephone reservation 

deadline is waived.

45. Any party in interest may seek to amend the Case Management Procedures from 

time to time throughout these Chapter 11 Cases and shall present such amendments to the Court by 

notice of presentment in accordance with this Order.

46. The Debtors may seek to amend the Case Management Procedures from time to 

time throughout these Chapter 11 Cases and shall present such amendments to the Court by notice of 

presentment in accordance with this Order.

47. Within three (3) business days of entry of this Order, the Claims and Noticing 

Agent shall serve a printed copy of this Order upon all parties on the Master Service List and post a copy 

of this Order on the Case Website. 

48. To the extent the Case Management Procedures conflict with the Bankruptcy 

Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the Bankruptcy Local Rules, the Case Management Procedures shall 

govern these Chapter 11 Cases.

49. This Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising from 

or relating to the implementation of this Order.

** END OF ORDER **

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