Howrey LLP v. The Irvine Company LLC

Filing 11

ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE. Signed by Judge James Donato on 12/16/15. (lrcS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/18/2015)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 9 THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS OF HOWREY LLP, and ALLAN B. DIAMOND, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE OF HOWREY, LLP, Appellants, 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE v. U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee; Case No. 15-cv-03935-JD 1875/1925 CENTURY PARK EAST CO.; Case No. 15-cv-03937-JD THE IRVINE CO., LLC; Case No. 15-cv-03938-JD Case No. 15-cv-03939-JD 16 KNICKERBOCKER PROPERTIES, INC. XXXIII; and 17 DEWEY & LEBOEUF, LLP, Case No. 15-cv-03959-JD 12 13 14 15 18 Appellees. 19 20 The Court finds that these cases involve common issues of law and consolidates them 21 pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). See also Dkt. No. 9 ¶ 9 (the parties agree to consolidation of the 22 first four filed cases). Case No. 15-cv-3935-JD will be the lead case in which all future filings 23 should be made. 24 The Court orders the following briefing schedule: 25 1. Appellant will file a single, consolidated opening brief on appeal of not more than 25 26 pages by February 3, 2016. 27 2. Appellees will jointly file a single opposition brief, no longer than 25 pages, by March 28 2, 2016. If any appellee has a good faith belief that it has unique factual circumstances 1 that require the Court’s attention, it may file a supplemental brief of up to 6 pages by 2 March 2, 2016. A supplemental brief may not address issues duplicative of the joint 3 brief. 4 3. Appellant may then file a single, 15 page reply brief by March 23, 2016. 5 4. The Court will then determine whether to set a hearing. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 Dated: December 16, 2015 8 ________________________ JAMES DONATO United States District Judge 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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