Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller

Filing 38

MOTION Status Conference by Norman Miller. (Nacht, David)

Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller

Doc. 38

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., ELSEVIER, INC., OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, INC., SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., and JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., Plaintiffs, vs. EXCEL RESEARCH GROUP, LLC d/b/a EXCEL TEST PREPARATION, COURSEPACKS & COPIES and NORMAN MILLER, individually, Defendants. ______________________________________________________________________________ KARL V. FINK (P13429) DAVID A. NACHT (P47034) PEAR, SPERLING, EGGAN & DANIELS, P.C. NACHT & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiffs Attorney for Defendants 24 Frank Lloyed Wright Drive 101 N. Main Street, Ste. 555 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 [phone] [phone] [e-mail]

Civil Action No. 07-CV-12731 Hon. Avern Cohn Mag. Virginia Morgan

DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE NOW COMES, Defendants, by and through their attorney NACHT & ASSOCIATES, P.C., and hereby files this Motion for a FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b) Status Conference to be set in the above-captioned matter.

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BRIEF IN SUPPORT Defendants' new counsel filed an Appearance on October 30, 2008. There is a pending Motion for Default Judgment based upon Defendants' failure to appear at a status conference following the withdrawal of his last counsel and our entering the case. We seek an opportunity prior to the hearing on the Default Judgment, currently scheduled for November 12, 2008, to discuss the disposition of this case. Plaintiffs' counsel agrees so long as he can appear via telephone conference. WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that this Court grant their Motion for a FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b) Status Conference. Respectfully submitted, NACHT & ASSOCIATES, P.C. s/David A. Nacht____________ David A. Nacht (P47034) Attorney for Defendants 101 N. Main Street, Ste. 555 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 [phone] [e-mail] Dated: October 31, 2008

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL RULE 7.1 David A. Nacht, counsel for Defendants, certifies that he has conferred counsel for Plaintiffs, in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised by the foregoing motion and that he and counsel for Plaintiff have been unable to resolve the dispute. Respectfully submitted, NACHT & ASSOCIATES, P.C. s/David A. Nacht___________________ DAVID A. NACHT (P47034) Attorney for Defendants 101 N. Main Street, Ste. 555 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 [phone] [e-mail] Dated: October 31, 2008

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on October 31, 2008, my paralegal, Courtney L. Ceci, electronically filed the foregoing documents with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Karl V. Fink and Amy C. Mainelli Burke. Respectfully submitted, NACHT & ASSOCIATES, P.C. s/David A. Nacht_____________ DAVID A. NACHT (P47034) Attorney for Defendants 101 N. Main Street, Ste. 555 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 [phone] [e-mail] Dated: October 31, 2008

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