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

Case 5:08-cv-02587-RMW

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IGNACIO E. SALCEDA, State Bar No. 164017 ([email protected]) BETTY CHANG ROWE, State Bar No. 214068 ([email protected]) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 Telephone: (650) 493-9300 Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 Attorneys for Defendant RF Micro Devices, Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILLIP CHUANZE LIAO and YEECHIN SHIONG LIAO, Plaintiffs,

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REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE CASE NO. C-08-02587 HRL

RF MICRO DEVICES INC., a North Carolina corporation, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants.

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CASE NO.: C-08-02587 HRL REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 73(b) and Northern District General Order 44.N.1.d, defendant RF Micro Devices, Inc. ("RFMD"), by its attorneys, hereby DECLINES to consent to the assignment of the above-referenced case, removed to this Court on May 22, 2008, to a United States Magistrate Judge for trial and disposition. RFMD hereby requests the reassignment of this case to a United States District Judge for all purposes including trial and disposition.

Dated: May 30, 2008

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Ignacio E. Salceda Ignacio E. Salceda Attorneys for Defendant RF Micro Devices, Inc.

REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE CASE NO. C-08-02587 HRL

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