Free Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00475-LAB-WMC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 15 16 17 Defendants. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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Frank L. Tobin, Esq. (Bar No. 166344) [email protected] Barry F. Soalt, Esq. (Bar No. 171651) [email protected] PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP 530 B Street, Suite 2100 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 238-1900 Facsimile: (619) 235-0398 Attorneys for Defendants MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO, an individual; and OPERADORA de COCINAS En MEXICO S.A. de C.V., a business entity UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DON MANUEL FOODS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Case No.: 08-CV-0475 LAB (WMc) JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO AND OPERADORA DE COCINAS EN MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Complaint filed: March 14, 2008

MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO, an individual; BERTHA ALICIA SALCEDO LOPEZ, an individual; OPERADORA de COCINAS En MEXICO S.A. de C.V., a business entity; MIGUEL LANZ, an individual,

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: COMES NOW Plaintiff, DON MANUEL FOODS, LLC, and Defendants, MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO and OPERADORA de COCINAS En MEXICO S.A. de C.V., by and through their respective counsel, and jointly move this Court for an extension of time for Defendants, MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO and OPERADORA de COCINAS En MEXICO S.A. de C.V. to respond to Plaintiff's complaint through and including Friday, May 30, 2008. The parties are currently engaged in negotiations to resolve various claims related to this action. However, Plaintiff has been traveling out of town and Defendants are located in Mexico and have had limited ability to engage in effective communications respecting settlement this past

JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
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Case 3:08-cv-00475-LAB-WMC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED: May 7, 2008 DATED: May 7, 2008 week.

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The parties continue their efforts to resolve the underlying claims through ongoing

negotiations. The extension of time for Defendants to respond to the complaint requested herein will allow the parties sufficient time to exchange draft settlement proposals now that the parties are able to directly meet and discuss terms. Having shown good cause, the parties respectfully request that the extension of time for Defendants to respond to the complaint requested herein be granted. VAUGHN & VAUGHN

By: /s/ Donald A. Vaughn Donald A. Vaughn, Esq. Micah Myrmo, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff DON MANUEL FOODS, LLC

PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP

By: /s/ Frank L. Tobin Frank L. Tobin, Esq. Barry F. Soalt, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO and OPERADORA de COCINAS En MEXICO S.A. de C.V.

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JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
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