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Case 5:07-cv-02851-JF

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DONALD H. CRAM, III (State Bar No. 160004) DUANE M. GECK (State Bar No. 114823) SEVERSON & WERSON A Professional Corporation One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 398-3344 Facsimile: (415) 956-0439 Attorneys for Appellant WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION In re: ) No. C07-02851-JF ) LETICIA I. ACAYA, ) APPELLANT'S STATUS ) CONFERENCE STATEMENT Debtor. ) ) ) ) WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ) Status Conference ACCEPTANCE, ) ) Date: March 7, 2008 Appellant, ) Time: 10:30 a.m. v. ) Place: Courtroom 3 ) Judge: The Honorable Jeremy Fogel LETICIA I. ACAYA, ) ) Appellee. ) ________________________________ ) In connection with its appeal from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California's Order filed May 18, 2007, Appellant, WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE ("Wells Fargo"), submits this status conference statement respectfully showing the Court as follows: 1. On July 17, 2007, the Court entered an Order granting the joint request for certification of this appeal directly to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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2.

On September 27, 2007, the parties submitted a Joint Petition for Authorization of Direct Appeal ("Joint Petition") with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Case No. 07-80171).

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On October 4, 2007, the Court continued the Status Conference scheduled for October 5, 2007, to January 11, 2008 to allow ti me for the Ninth Circuit to rule on the Joint Petition.

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On December 19, 2007, the Court continued the Status Conference scheduled for January 11, 2008, to March 7, 2008, again, to allow time for the Ninth Circuit to rule on the Joint Petition.

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On December 21, 2008, the Ninth Circuit denied the Joint Petition. Appellant proposes the following briefing schedule: a. Wells Fargo will submit its opening brief on or before March 19, 2008; b. Acaya will submit her opening brief on or before April 18, 2008; c. Wells Fargo will submit its reply brief on or before May 2, 2008.

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Appellant request that the Court adopt the proposed briefing schedule.

DATED: February 21, 2008 SEVERSON & WERSON A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Donald H. Cram, III Donald H. Cram, III Attorneys for Appellant WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE
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