Evans Analytical Group, Inc. v. Green Plant Farms, LLC et al

Filing 34

ORDER Regarding Joint Settlement Status Report. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 6/22/2013. (lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/22/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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Plaintiffs,
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GREEN PLANT FARMS, LLC, a Florida
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limited liability company; SHRI
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THANEDAR, an individual; and DOES 1 to 20, )
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Defendants.
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EVANS ANALYTICAL GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation, as successor in interest to
CAS-MI LABORATORIES, LLC, a Missouri
limited liability company,

Case No.: 12-CV-05023-LHK

ORDER REGARDING JOINT
SETTLEMENT STATUS REPORT

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On June 17, 2013, the parties in this action filed a Joint Settlement Status Report in which
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the parties notified the Court that they have agreed to take part in a mediation in Michigan in mid22
to-late July. ECF No. 33. Specifically, the parties stated that a site inspection will occur on July
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18, 2013, and that the mediation will occur on July 19, 2013, “subject to mediator and party

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availability.” Id. In addition, Defendants Green Part, LLC and Shri Thanedar, who are represented
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by counsel in Michigan, requested that the Court allow their Michigan counsel to take the lead in
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the mediation and participate without Nathan E. Ross, Esq. or James W. Brody, Esq. being present.
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Plaintiffs Evans Analytical Group does not object to this request.
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Accordingly, the Court hereby GRANTS Defendants’ request to allow Defendants’

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Michigan counsel to take the lead in the mediation and participate without Nathan E. Ross, Esq. or

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James W. Brody, Esq. being present. In addition, by June 28, 2013, the parties shall file a

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Supplemental Joint Settlement Status Report in which the parties notify the Court of the exact date

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of the scheduled mediation, in addition to the name of the selected mediator. Within seven days of

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the mediation, the parties shall file another Joint Settlement Status Report in which they alert the

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Court of the outcome of the mediation.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Dated: June 22, 2013

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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