Le Roy-Garcia v. Brave Arts Licensing, LLC et al

Filing 18

ORDER DENYING 16 Plaintiff's and Defendants' Stipulated Motion to Reschedule Hearing. The court CONTINUES the hearing on the eight appearing Defendants' motion to transfer to Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 5/15/2013. (lblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/15/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco Division
ANNE-STEPHANIE LEROY-GARCIA,

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Plaintiff,
v.

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BRAVE ARTS LICENSING, LLC, et al.,

No. C 13-01181 LB
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
AND DEFENDANTS’ STIPULATED
MOTION TO RESCHEDULE
HEARING

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Defendants.
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[Re: ECF No. 16]

Plaintiff filed her complaint on March 15, 2013. Eight Defendants have appeared, one

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Defendant has been voluntarily dismissed, and four Defendants have not yet appeared (although two

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of them have waived service of the complaint and summons and presumably will answer or

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otherwise respond to the complaint). The eight Defendants who have appeared filed a motion to

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transfer this action another district, and they noticed this motion for hearing on June 20, 2013.

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Now, Plaintiff and the eight appearing Defendants filed a stipulated motion to advance the

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hearing on the motion to transfer from June 20, 2013 to June 6, 2013. The reason for this is that

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Plaintiff’s lead counsel will be out of town from June 8, 2013 though the end of the month.

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Upon consideration of the parties’ motion and the court’s schedule, the court DENIES the

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motion. The court’s June 6, 2013 calendar is considerable and the court does not believe that the

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parties provided good cause for advancing, rather than postponing, the hearing. Moreover, the four

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Defendants who have not yet appeared still have not consented to the court’s jurisdiction.

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Accordingly, because Plaintiff’s counsel is not available on June 20, 2013, the court CONTINUES

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the hearing on the eight appearing Defendants’ motion to transfer to Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at

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9:30 a.m. If this date does not work for the parties, they shall meet and confer and Defendants may

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re-notice the motion to a later date, such as July 18, 2013 or August 1, 2013.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 15, 2013
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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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C 13-01181 LB
ORDER

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