Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

Filing 19

Declination to Proceed Before a U.S. Magistrate Judge by National Football League Players Incorporated (Request for Reassignment Pursuant to Standing Order of Hon. Joseph C. Spero. (Guthrie, Jane) (Filed on 2/28/2007)

Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

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Case 3:07-cv-00943-WHA

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Jeannine Yoo Sano (174190) [e-mail] Jane M. Guthrie (244448) [e-mail] DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP 1950 University Avenue, Suite 500 East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Jeffrey L. Kessler (pro hac vice) [e-mail] David G. Feher (pro hac vice) [e-mail] Eamon O'Kelly (pro hac vice) [e-mail] DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6092 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Kenneth L. Steinthal (pro hac vice pending) [e-mail] Joseph R. Wetzel (238008) [e-mail] Weil, Gotshal & Manges 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant National Football League Players Incorporated d/b/a Players, Inc., a Virginia Corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION BERNARD PAUL PARRISH, HERBERT ANTHONY ADDERLEY, and WALTER ROBERTS III, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS INCORPORATED d/b/a/ PLAYERS INC., a Virginia Corporation, Defendant.
Case No. C 07-00943 JCS Players Inc.'s Request for Reassignment
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Case No. C 07 00943 JCS PLAYERS INC.'S REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER OF HON. JOSEPH C. SPERO

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Defendant National Football League Players Incorporated d/b/a Players Inc., a Virginia Corporation ("Players Inc."), respectfully declines to consent to the assignment of this case to a United States Magistrate Judge for trial and disposition and requests reassignment to a United States District Court Judge in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Standing Order of Magistrate Judge Spero. Dated: February 28, 2007 Respectfully submitted, DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP

By______________/S/______________________ Jane M. Guthrie Counsel for Defendant Players Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I am a resident of the State of California, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action. My business address is DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP, 1950 University Avenue, Suite 500, East Palo Alto, California 94303. On February 28, 2007, I served the within documents: 1. Players Inc.'s Request for Reassignment Pursuant to Standing Order of Hon. Joseph C. Spero by placing the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope on February 28, 2007 with postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail, Registered, Return Receipt Requested at East Palo Alto, addressed as set forth below. I served the above-referenced document(s) via electronic transmission to the email address of the addressee(s) as indicated below - via email on February 22, 2007. I am readily familiar with Dewey Ballantine's business practices of collecting and processing items for pickup and next business day delivery by Federal Express. I placed such sealed envelope(s) for delivery by Federal Express to the offices of the addressee(s) as indicated on the attached mailing list on the date hereof following ordinary business practices -- items to be placed in Federal Express on ** for delivery on **. Ronald S. Katz [e-mail] Ryan S. Hilbert [e-mail] Noel S. Cohen [e-mail] MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006 I am readily familiar with the firm's practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid in the ordinary course of business. I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose direction the service was made. Executed on February 28, 2007, at East Palo Alto, California. /S/ Tammy Miller

Case No. C 07-00943 JCS Players Inc.'s Request for Reassignment