Free Declaration in Support - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-04946-JSW

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CHRISTOPHER COOKE, CA Bar #142342 STEPHEN S. WU, CA Bar # 205091 COOKE KOBRICK & WU LLP 177 Bovet Road, Suite 600 San Mateo, CA 94402 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: (650) 638-2370 Fax: (650) 341-1395 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION MEI-FANG LISA ZHANG, BAY AREA AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LLC, XUEHUAN GAO, YANG-CHUN ZHANG, CAROL JIAN DENG, and HAO LIANG, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) WEI-MAN RAYMOND TSE, RUN PING ) ) ZHOU a.k.a. FLORA ZHOU, THERESA WONG, JAMES YU, BILL SHU WAI MA, ) ) MOLLY LAU, VICTOR SO, JIAN XIAO, ) CHRIST INVESTMENT SERVICE INC., CIS ) SERVICE, INC., PACIFIC BEST GROUP ) ) LTD. a.k.a. PACIFIC BEST COMPANY LTD., and SOUTH CHINA INVESTMENT ) ) INC., ) Defendants. ) Case No.: C-07-04946 JSW (Related to C-05-02641 JSW) DECLARATION OF STEPHEN S. WU IN RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER DATED NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I, Stephen S. Wu, declare: 1. I am one of the attorneys for Plaintiffs in this action. I make this declaration in

r pnet t C ut O dr oPa tf t S o C uer C m lnewt O dr a d e os o h ors re t ln f o hw as e o p ac i re D t s e ' i is i h e November 7, 2007.

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On November 7, 2007, the Court issued an order in which the Court ordered the

pre t so cue h t s co sol nt e t e.T e re s t t th "a i ' a i o hw as w y h at n hu o b s yd h odr te h t pre ts i i d a a d a e ts r pne tt s ret S o C ue hlb de n r e rD cm e 620. e ossoh O dro hw as sa e u o o bf e ee br ,07 s i l o " 3. Through inadvertence, I did not notice that the order also required Plaintiffs to

serve a copy of the order on Defendants by November 15, 2007. I had focused on the December 6 date concerning the response and did not focus on the November 15 date. 4. On N vm e 2, 07 Iei e t C ut O dr n n oe br 8 20, r e d h ors re ad oticed that the Court vw e '

had required service of the Order on Defendants. I immediately mailed a copy to all served Defendants and filed a proof of service to that effect. 5. On November 29, 2007, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to explain the late service of

the November 7 Order, and this Declaration spotPa tf r pneo h C ut O dr f upr ln f 'e os t t ors re o s i is s e ' November 29, 2007. 6. Co-counsel has sre acp o t C ut N vm e 2, 07O dr nt e d oy fh ors oe br 9 20 re o h v e ' e

served Defendants, and Plaintiffs are attempting to serve unserved Defendants with a copy of the C ut odra w l ors re s e. ' s l 7. The le e i o t C ut O dr f oe br , 07 s n vrgt n y a sr c fh ors re o N vm e 7 20 ia oe i o m t ve e ' sh

pr adI pl i t t C uto t t vrgt We ae h C ut odr sr ul ad a ,n ao g e o h orfrh oe i . t oz e a sh t t ors re e os n k e ' s i y will not repeat such oversights. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on December 4, 2007.

/s/ STEPHEN S. WU

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