Free Declination to Proceed Before a U.S. Magistrate Judge - District Court of California - California

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JAMES W. GERIAK (STATE BAR NO. 32871) [email protected] ALLAN W. JANSEN (STATE BAR NO. 81992) [email protected] MARK STIRRAT (STATE BAR NO. 229448) [email protected] ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1600 Irvine, CA 92614-2558 Telephone: (949) 567-6700 Facsimile: (949) 567-6710 Attorneys for Defendant NEW STAR LASERS, INC. d/b/a COOLTOUCH, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. BIOLITEC, INC., DORNIER MEDTECH AMERICA, INC., and NEW STAR LASERS, INC. d/b/a COOLTOUCH, INC., DAVID S. CENTANNI, and TYRELL L. SCHIEK. Defendants. NEW STAR LASERS, INC. d/b/a COOLTOUCH, INC., Counterclaimant, v. VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Counterdefendant.

Case No. C08-03129-JCS DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR TRIAL AND DISPOSITION

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DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR TRIAL AND DISPOSITION CASE NO. C 08-03129-JCS

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Defendant New Star Lasers, Inc. d/b/a CoolTouch, Inc. ("CoolTouch") hereby declines to consent to the assignment of this case to a United States Magistrate Judge for trial and disposition. CoolTouch hereby requests the reassignment of this case to a United States District Judge.

Dated: August 6, 2008

Respectfully submitted, ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

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/James W. Geriak JAMES W. GERIAK ALLAN W. JANSEN MARK STIRRAT Attorneys for Defendant NEW STAR LASERS, INC. d/b/a COOLTOUCH, INC.

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CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 6, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send electronic notification of such filing to the following individual(s):

Matthew B. Lehr Diem-Suong T. Nguyen Chung G. Suh DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: (650) 752-2000 Facsimile: (650) 752-2111 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 6, 2008, at Irvine, California. s/James W. Geriak James W. Geriak

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DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR TRIAL AND DISPOSITION CASE NO. C 08-03129-JCS