Securities And Exchange Commission v. Wu et al

Filing 31

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED 30 Joint MOTION to Continue Initial Case Management Conference. Case Management Statement due by 5/18/2012. Case Management Conference set for 5/25/2012 01:30 PM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 4/2/12. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/2/2012)

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STEPHEN KAUS (SBN 57454)
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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COMMISSION,
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Plaintiff,
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THOMAS S. WU, EBRAHIM SHABUDIN,
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CASE NO. C 11-04988 JSW
STIPULATION CONTINUING INITIAL
CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Date: April 13, 2012
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Crtrm.: 11, 19th floor
Hon. Jeffrey S. White

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By Order of this Court dated November 28, 2011, this matter is currently set for a Case

19 Management Conference on April 13, 2012. The parties jointly request that this Conference be
20 continued 35 days, until May 18, 2012. The parties have conferred and request continuance of the
21 conference and related dates to permit the defendants to resolve outstanding issues related to
22 discovery in two parallel proceedings that will affect the discovery in this case.
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Two defendants in this case, Ebrahim Shabudin and Thomas Yu, are also subject to

24 pending criminal charges in a related criminal action pending before this Court (U.S. v. Ebrahim
25 Shabudin and Thomas Yu, Case No. CR-11-0662-JSW). Both of these defendants, as well as the
26 third defendant in this case, Thomas Wu, are also named in pending enforcement proceedings
27 brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). In those cases, the defendants
28 are negotiating with the Department of Justice and the FDIC regarding efficient and
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1 comprehensive access to the large volume of documents relating to United Commercial Bank and
2 UCBH Holdings, Inc. The resolution of those issues would have a significant impact on the
3 discovery in this case, and it would save the time and resources of the Court and the parties to
4 discuss a plan for of discovery in this case after resolution of discovery issues in the parallel cases.
Accordingly, the parties to this civil action request that the Court continue the Case

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6 Management Conference in this case to May 18, 2011. The parties will file a Joint Case
7 Management Conference Statement five court days prior to the conference.
The parties also stipulate they will exchange Initial Disclosures under Rule 26(a)(1) of the

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So stipulated:

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Lloyd A. Farnham
Attorney for Plaintiff SECURITIES AND
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Stephen Kaus
Attorneys for Defendant THOMAS T. YU

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ROPERS MAJESKI KOHN BENTLEY, PC

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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

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Steven M. Bauer
Attorney for Defendant THOMAS S. WU

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5 The Court HEREBY CONTINUES the case management conference to May 25, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.
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