Doe v. Geller et al

Filing 8

STIPULATION Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re Scheduling by John Doe. (McSherry, Corynne) (Filed on 7/30/2007)

Doe v. Geller et al

Case 3:07-cv-02478-BZ

Document 8

Filed 07/30/2007

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Jason Schultz (SBN _jason@~a: or2 Corynne
C I N O R T C E L E

212600) (SBN 221504)
FOUNDATION

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McSherry
FRONTIER

corynne@efforg
454 Shotwell
n a S Francisco,

Street
CA 94110

Telephone: [phone] xl12

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Facsimile:[phone]
Marcia Hofmann (pro hac vice)

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C I N O R T C E L E

marcia@eff. org
5 7 8 1 Connecticut

FRONTIER AllON FOUND
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Attorneys for Plaintiff

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SAPIENT

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Civil Action No. 07-2478 BZ Plaintiff,
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declaratoryrelief.
On

July

20,

2007,

counsel

for

Defendants

agreed

to

accept

service

of

the

Complaint

on Defendants' behalf.
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Pennsylvania Proceedings
May 7,

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2007, Explorologist Ltd. filed a Complaint in the District Court for the Eastern

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District of Pennsylvania againstSapient,seekingdamages and injunctive relief for allegedforeign
copyright infringement
n O May 23,

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Explorologist

Ltd. filed

an Amended

Complaint

with

additional allegations of commercial disparagement and appropriation of name or likeness.

On

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June II, 2007, Sapient filed a Motion to Dismiss Explorologist Ltd.' s Amended Complaint. Explorologist Ltd. filed an Oppositionto that Motion on June28, 2007, and Sapientfiled his Reply
in Support of the Motion on July 9, 2007.
A ruling on Sapient's Motion to Dismiss is pending. On

July 18, 2007, the EasternDistrict of Pennsylvaniaorderedthat discovery in that casebe stayed
until September 17,2007, pending a resolution of Sapient's Motion to Dismiss.
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In light of the recentacceptance serviceof the Complaint in the instantcase,the of

pendingmotion in the Pennsylvania case,and the stay of discoveryin the Pennsylvania case,the
s e i t r a P agree that it would be appropriate to conserve the resources of this Court and the Parties by

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a

the

schedule

in

the

instant

case

as

set

forth

below

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In addition, the Partiesrespectfullydeclineto proceedbefore a magistrate judge

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and, therefore, request reassignment to a United States District Judge.
N O I T A L U P I T S

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Pursuant the foregoing,the Parties to jointly stipulateto the following and requestthat the
Court make this stipulation an order of the Court:

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Defendants shall file a response to the Complaint on or before October 19,2007; The Parties shall meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, early settlement,
R D A process selection and discovery plan, and file a Joint ADR Certification or

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e c i t o N

of

Need

for

ADR

phone

conference

on

or

before

October

24,

2007;

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Parties

shall

file

a

Rule

26(f)

Report,

complete

initial

disclosures

or

state

and

file

a

Case

Management

Statement

on

or

before

November

7,

2007;

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An Initial Case Management Conference shall be held on or after November 14,

2007; and

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This caseshall be reassigned a United StatesDistrict Judge. to

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Corynne
C I N O R T C E L E

McSherry, Stred
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FRONllER
454 Shotwell
Francisco, 94110

Telephone:

[phone]

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Facsimile: [phone]
Marc ia Hofmann

ELECTRONIC
FRONTIER

FOUNDATION

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1875 Connecticut
Suite 650

Ave.

NW

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s y e n r o t t A S I

Washington,

DC 20009

Tel~hone: [phone]x12 Facsimile: [phone]
for Plaintiff John Doe a/kIa Brian

Sapient

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Jeffrey
M.

Vucinich~

Esq.

(SBN 67906)
& Vucinich

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m o c . y e n o r o m p p a l c @ h c i n i c u v j

Clapp~ Moroney,.
Bellagamba

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1111 Bayhill
Bruno, CA

Drive, Suite 300
94066

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Telephone:

650.989.5400

Facsimile: 650.989.5499

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1005 North Calven Street
, e r o m i t l a B MD, 21202

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ORDER

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Pursuant the foregoing stipulationand good causeappearing, to
IT IS SO ORDERED,

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Dated:

BERNARD

ZIMMERMAN
States Magistrate Judge

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CERTIFICATE
OF

SERVICE

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I herebycertify that on July 30, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of
the Court using the CM/ECF system

which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail
Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the

denoted

on

the

Electronic

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foregoing documentor paper via the United StatesPostal Serviceto the following non-CM/ECF participants:
Richard Winelander, Esq.
5 0 0 1 North Calvert Street

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Baltimore,
[e-mail]
[phone]

Maryland

21202

Fax: [phone]

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Jeffrey
M. Vucinich, Esq.

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Moroney,

Bellagamba

&

Vucinich

.com

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Baymll

Drive,

Suite

300

Bruno,

CA

94066

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Tel:

(650)

989-5400

Fax: [phone]

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FRONTIER FOUNDAllON

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Corynne McSherry (SBN 221504)
corynne@efforg
C I N O R T C E L E

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454 Shotwell
n a S Francisco,

Street
CA 94110

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Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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