City of Sterling Heights General Employees Retirement System v. Prudential Financial Inc.

Filing 14

NOTICE RE UPCOMING HEARING. Signed by Judge Alsup on 6/18/2014. (whalc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/18/2014)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS
GENERAL EMPLOYEES’
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Individually and
on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C 14-80161 WHA

Plaintiffs,
v.

NOTICE RE UPCOMING
ORAL ARGUMENT

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PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., et al.,

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Defendants.
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For the upcoming oral argument on the pending motion to quash, the parties are
requested to be prepared to address the following questions:
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Whether the automatic stay on all discovery under the PSLRA is applicable on

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account of ongoing motion practice, see SG Cowen Sec. Corp. v. United States

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District Court, 189 F.3d 909, 911 (9th Cir. 1999) (“discovery should be permitted

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in securities class actions only after the court has sustained the legal sufficiency

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of the complaint”) (emphasis in original), and;

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Whether any discovery has been propounded by Prudential in the underlying
action.

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Dated: June 18, 2014.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE