Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP et al

Filing 127

ORDER VACATING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE re 126 Case Management Statement filed by MBNA American Bank, N.A. In light of the parties' representation, the Court VACATES the Case Management Conference currently set for March 9, 2009. The Court will set another conference date once the mandate is issued. Signed by Judge James Ware on 3/3/2009. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/4/2009)

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J O H N GORMAN, Plaintiff, vs. W O L P O F F & ABRAMSON, LLP; M B N A AMERICA BANK, N.A., and D o e s 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants.

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C A S E NO.: C-04-4507 JW J O I N T CASE MANAGEMENT C O N F E R E N C E STATEMENT AND ORDER VACATING CASE DATE: March 9, CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT 2009 TIME: 10:00 a.m. C trm : 8 T h e Honorable James Ware

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1 T O M IO B. NARITA (SBN 156576) J E F F R E Y A. TOPOR (SBN 195545) 2 S IM M O N D S & NARITA LLP 4 4 Montgomery Street, Suite 3010 3 S a n Francisco, CA 94104 T e le p h o n e : [phone] 4 F a c sim ile : [phone] tn a rita @ s n llp .c o m 5 jto p o r @ s n llp .c o m

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P u rs u a n t to this Court's Order dated February 4, 2009, plaintiff JOHN GORMAN

2 a n d defendant MBNA America Bank, N.A. ("MBNA") hereby submit the following Joint 3 C a se Management Conference Statement: 4 O n January 12, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued

5 its opinion affirming in part and reversing in part this Court's Order of June 23, 2006. See 6 G o rm a n v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 552 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2009). 7 P u r s u a n t to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 41(b), absent an order shortening or

8 e x ten d in g the time, the Ninth Circuit's mandate "must issue 7 calendar days after the time to 9 f ile a petition for rehearing expires, or 7 calendar days after entry of an order denying a 10 tim e ly petition for penal hearing, petition for rehearing en banc, or motion for stay of 11 m a n d a te , whichever is later." The Ninth Circuit did not issue an order shortening or 12 e x te n d in g the time for the issuance of the mandate. 13 O n January 27, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued an Order granting MBNA an extension

14 o f time until February 25, 2009 to file a Petition for Panel Rehearing and Rehearing En 15 B a n c . See Exhibit A, hereto. 16 O n February 2, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued an Order granting Gorman an

17 e x te n sio n of time until February 25, 2009 to file a Petition for Panel Rehearing and 18 R e h e a rin g En Banc. See Exhibit B, hereto. 19 O n February 24, 2009, Gorman filed in the Ninth Circuit his Petition for Panel

20 R e h e a rin g . 21 On February 25, 2009, MBNA filed in the Ninth Circuit its Petition for Panel

22 R e h e arin g and Rehearing En Banc. 23 P u r s u a n t to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 41(d)(1), the "timely filing of a

24 p e titio n for panel rehearing [or] petition for rehearing en banc . . . stays the mandate until 25 d is p o s itio n of the petition . . . unless the court orders otherwise." 26 T h e Ninth Circuit has not yet ruled on the parties' Petitions for Panel Rehearing and

27 R e h e arin g En Banc, nor has it issued its mandate. 28
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U n til the Ninth Circuit issues its mandate, this Court lacks jurisdiction over this

2 m a tte r. See Caldwell v. Puget Sound Apprenticeship & Training Trust, 824 F.2d 765, 767 3 (9th Cir. 1987). 4 A c c o rd in g ly, the parties jointly request that the Court vacate its February 4, 2009

5 O rd e r and vacate the March 9, 2009 Case Management Conference, with the understanding 6 th a t a Case Management Conference will be reset upon issuance of an appropriate mandate 7 re sto rin g jurisdiction to the District Court. 8 9 D A T E D : February 27, 2009 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 D A T E D : February 27, 2009 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: March 3, 2009 ___________________________ JAMES WARE United States District Court 2. *** ORDER *** In light of the parties' representation, the Court VACATES the Case Management Conference currently set for March 9, 2009. The Court will set another conference date once the mandate is issued. B y: /s/ John C. Gorman John C. Gorman A tto rn e y for Plaintiff J o h n C. Gorman GORMAN & MILLER, PC JOHN C. GORMAN CHARLES STIEGLER B y: /s/ Jeffrey A. Topor Tomio B. Narita A tto r n e y for Defendants Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P and MBNA A m e ric a Bank, N.A. S IM M O N D S & NARITA LLP T O M IO B. NARITA J E F F R E Y A. TOPOR

G O R M A N V. W O L P O F F & ABRAMSON ET AL (CASE NO. C:04-4507 JW ) J O I N T CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT