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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`Case No. 14-cv-03264-JD
`14-cv-03300-JD
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`ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION AND
`RESPONSES TO COMPLAINT
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`CHIP-TECH, LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`PANASONIC CORPORATION, et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`DEPENDABLE COMPONENT SUPPLY
`CORP.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`PANASONIC CORPORATION, et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`Pursuant to FRCP 42(a), the Court orders the above two cases consolidated for all pretrial
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`proceedings. The earlier-filed civil action, Case No. 14-3264, shall serve as the lead case for
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`consolidation purposes. The later-filed civil action, Case No. 14-3300, will remain active for trial.
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`All motions shall be filed in the lead case unless the Court orders otherwise.
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`The Court is aware that there is a motion to transfer pending with the Judicial Panel on
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`Multidistrict Litigation that concerns these cases, and that plaintiffs may seek at a later point to file
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`a consolidated amended complaint.
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`Consequently, the Court orders that no defendant need file a response to the current or
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`consolidated amended complaint, if one is filed, until the later of 45 days after (a) the filing of the
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`consolidated amended complaint, or (b) that defendant’s receipt of written notice from the relevant
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`plaintiff that it does not intend to file a consolidated amended complaint.
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`Plaintiffs Chip-Tech and Dependable Component Supply are ordered to jointly file with
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`this Court status reports on the pending JPML motion every 30 days.
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`Defendants are not deemed to have waived any defenses available to them under the
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`Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any other statute or common law, or to have waived any right
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`the defendants may have to seek or oppose any reassignment, transfer or consolidation
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`alternatives. Defendants are also not deemed to have made an appearance in these actions by way
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`of any stipulations they may have filed to extend their response deadlines.
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`This order resolves all pending stipulations seeking to extend defendants’ response
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`deadlines. This order applies to all defendants in these cases, including those who may be served
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`with a complaint after the date of this order, and all parties are directed not to file any new
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`stipulations for the extension of response deadlines.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: August 14, 2014
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`JAMES DONATO
`United States District Judge
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