National Labor Relations Board v. Crown Natural Foods et al

Filing 22

ORDER granting request for respondents to file answer. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 6/17/2010. (Hernandez, M)

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP
5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST FRESNO, CA 93720-1501

Anthony Raimondo, # 200387 McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP P.O. Box 28912 5 River Park Place East Fresno, CA 93720-1501 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant CROWN NATURAL FOODS; CALIFORNIA BIOPRODUCTEX, INC.; DR. LEOPOLD WIERZBICKI

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Applicant, v. CROWN NATURAL FOODS; BIOPRODUCTEX, INC. and DR. LEOPOLD WIERZBICKI, Respondents.

Case No. 1:10mc0015 DLB JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE DATE FOR RESPONDENTS TO FILE ANSWER

Applicant National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") filed a petition to enforce an administrative subpoena on March 23, 2010. The Court issued an Order to Show Cause on March 31, 2010, requiring Respondents' to file an Answer by April 23, 2010, and setting the hearing for May 14, 2010. On April 28, 2010, the NLRB filed a request to continue the hearing date. On April 29, 2010, the Court granted the NLRB's request and issued an Order continuing the hearing for the Order to Show Cause to June 11, 2010, and directing Respondents to file an Answer by May 21, 2010. On May 21, 2010, Respondents filed a request for an extension of time. On May 24, 2010, the Court granted Respondents' request and extended the deadline to file an Answer to June
JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE DATE FOR RESPONDENTS TO FILE ANSWER CASE NO. 1:10MC0015 DLB

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP
5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST FRESNO, CA 93720-1501

11, 2010, and set the hearing for July 2, 2010. The parties are presently attempting to meet and confer over certain objections Respondents have to the subpoenas, as well as, coordinate a suitable schedule for testimony of the Respondent WIERZBICKI to be taken pursuant to the subpoenas ad testificandum. The parties have been working amicably on a resolution to the dispute over the subpoenas and believe such resolution is imminent. On the basis of the above negotiations, Counsel for NLRB and counsel for Respondents hereby submit their joint request that the Court extend Respondents' deadline for filing an Answer from June 16, 2010 to June 18, 2010.

Dated: June 16, 2010

By: __________/s/ Catherine Ventola____ Catherine Ventola NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Dated: June 16, 2010 By: ________/s/ Anthony Raimondo_____ Anthony Raimondo Attorneys for Defendant CROWN NATURAL FOODS; CALIFORNIA BIO-PRODUCTEX, INC.; DR. LEOPOLD WIERZBICKI

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Dated: June 17, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE DATE FOR RESPONDENTS TO FILE ANSWER CASE NO. 1:10MC0015 DLB