Levitt v. Yelp! Inc.

Filing 75

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Hon. Edward M. Chen for all further proceedings. Judge Hon. Marilyn H. Patel no longer assigned to the case. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 6/6/11. (gba, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/6/2011)

REASSIGNMENT ORDER
Case Number: 3-10-cv-01321
Case Title:
Levitt v. Yelp! Inc.
IT IS ORDERED that this case is reassigned to the Honorable Edward M. Chen for all further
proceedings.
1.

All future filings shall bear the new initials EMC immediately after the
case number.

2.

All subsequent hearings shall be held in Courtroom 5 on the 17th Floor of
the United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco,
California.

3.

All matters previously referred to a magistrate judge shall remain before
that magistrate judge.

4.

Cases previously referred to an ADR process (at filing, by order of the
previously assigned judge or by stipulation and order) shall proceed under the
terms of the applicable ADR local rule. Dates for previously scheduled ADR
telephone conferences shall remain in effect.

5.

All discovery cutoff dates and other deadlines associated with this case,
such as disclosure and expert deadlines, shall remain in effect.

6.

All case management conference dates are VACATED and will be reset
by the Court.

7.

Except for matters noticed for hearing before a magistrate judge, all law
and motion hearing dates are VACATED and must be re-noticed by the moving
party for a Friday at 1:30 p.m.

8.

All pretrial conference and trial dates currently set for dates EARLIER
than February 1, 2012, are VACATED. All discovery cutoff dates and other
deadlines associated with the case shall remain in effect.

9.

All pretrial conference and trial dates currently set ON OR AFTER
February 1, 2012, as well as other deadlines associated with the case, shall remain
in effect, unless and until otherwise ordered by the court.

In addition to the foregoing, Judge Chen ORDERS that within fifteen (15) days of the date of this
order, the parties shall file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement (separate
statements are appropriate if either party is proceeding without counsel). The Statement
should not exceed ten (10) pages in length and should address the following items in the

following order:
10.
Date case was filed;
11.
List or description of all parties;
12.
Summary of all claims, counter-claims, cross-claims, third party claims;
13.
Brief description of the event underlying the action;
14.
Description of relief sought and damages claimed with an explanation as
to how damages are computed;
15.
Status of discovery (including any limits or cutoff dates);
16.
Procedural history of the case including previous motions decided and/or
submitted, ADR proceedings or settlement conferences scheduled or concluded,
appellate proceedings pending or concluded, and any previous referral to a
magistrate judge;
17.
Other deadlines in place (before reassignment), including those for
dispositive motions, pretrial conferences, and trials;
18.
Any requested modification of these dates and reason for the request;
19.
Whether the parties will consent to a magistrate judge for trial;
20.
Whether Judge Chen has previously conducted a settlement conference in
this case, and if so, whether the parties stipulate to him handling this case for trial
pursuant to ADR Local Rule 7-2 or request his recusal;
21.
If there exists an immediate need for a case management conference to be
scheduled in the action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 6, 2011
_________________________
EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge