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Totally agree. The initial articles last week had genuine LTHs heartfelt sympathies with the workers however it would seem its Quite a pathetic attempt to stir up negative publicity again.
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Part 2;
7. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE.
The final pretrial conference will be held on July 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3,
17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California. Each
party or lead counsel who will try the case shall attend personally.
8. TRIAL DATE.
A jury trial shall commence on July 27, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor,
United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 1, 2019
______________________________________
RICHARD SEEBORG
United States District Judge
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Released on 01st August,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
FRONTERA RESOURCES
CORPORATION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
STEPHEN HOPE, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 19-cv-01996-RS
CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING
ORDER
Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties attended a Case
Management Conference on August 1, 2019. After considering the Joint Case Management
Statement submitted by the parties and consulting with the attorneys of record for the parties and
good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
MEDIATION. The parties will seek to engage in private mediation in the next 120 days.
2. DISCOVERY.
On or before March 31, 2020 all non-expert discovery shall be completed by the parties.
Discovery shall be limited as follows: (a) ten (10) non-expert depositions per party; (b) twentyfive (25) interrogatories per party, including all discrete subparts; (c) a reasonable number of
requests for production of documents or for inspection per party; and (d) a reasonable number of
requests for admission per party.
3. DISCOVERY DISPUTES.
Discovery disputes will be referred to a Magistrate Judge. After the parties have met and
conferred, the parties shall prepare a joint letter of not more than 5 pages explaining the dispute.
Up to 12 pages of attachments may be added. The joint letter must be electronically filed under
the Civil Events category of “Motions and Related Filings > Motions--General > Discovery Letter
Brief.” The Magistrate Judge to whom the matter is assigned will advise the parties of how that
Judge intends to proceed. The Magistrate Judge may issue a ruling, order more formal briefing, or
set a telephone conference or a hearing. After a Magistrate Judge has been assigned, all further
discovery matters shall be filed pursuant to that Judge’s procedures.
4. EXPERT WITNESSES.
The disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses shall proceed as follows:
a. On or before March 2, 2020, parties will designate experts in accordance with
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).
b. On or before April 14, 2020, all discovery of expert witnesses pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) shall be completed.
5. FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.
A Further Case Management Conference shall be held on April 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in
Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco,
California. The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement at least one week prior to the
Conference.
6. PRETRIAL MOTIONS.
All dispositive pretrial motions must be filed and served pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.
Each party is limited to one motion for summary judgment absent leave of Court. All pretrial
motions shall be heard no later than May 21, 2020. The Court encourages the participation at oral
argument of lawyers who are early in their professional career (e.g., 0-10 years of experie
Posted by Mole
RE: Satellite Images09 Jul 2018 11:24
Taribani: 41.331332, 45.9943245
Udabno: 41.4576789, 45.392345
Dino is to the left of the centre cluster of buildings about 100m, T45, T39 and Niko to the right about 500 to 750m.
But you are probably wasting your time. Once the rigs are removed and the well is under test there will be little or nothing to see even if you paid for near time satellite it would not tell you what is going on underground. You are better waiting for the results. Also be careful if you look at images from UD2 location as there has been pipe laying in that area around the hydro schemes which clearly shows in a lot of relatively recent images so you will see images showing pipe laying all around that area that is nothing to do with Frontera.
Good luck
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Exactly PJ, Hope is pushing for payment in shares, as a deal maybe closer than we think, could see them valued in the hundreds of millions ££££££.
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Cali fid case- FRR are seeking up to 10 % of Hopes / OMF’s net worth. Does anyone know what figure that would be?
Good to see that the DOS has not been challenged in the Cayman.
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I can confirm that is a true statement.
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Arsenal, Confirmation of discovery should be enough to speed up proceedings or persuade / force Hopes hand to cave in for an OOCS.
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Oh no young Bugsy-b
Half a tale that’s b/s is worse than half a tale ;-))
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Interesting read
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bp-highly-unusual-natural-gas-170000700.html?.tsrc=applewf&guccounter=1
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Tsbs, exactly. Hope agreed in Cayman without prejudice therefore continued in Cali. He wants no surprise court proceeding against him etc., follow on / continuation anywhere in the world. It’s up to Frontera now to call the next shot. A part of me wouLd like to see Hope et al trialed by jury, however it’s been a long 5 months of radio silence therefore get back to market is preferable.
Happy bday Zeps
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Tsbs, I agree. Ref Hopes get out statement at end of doc
PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Defendants respectfully pray for judgment as follows: 1. Plaintiffs take nothing by virtue of this action, and that judgment be rendered in favor of Defendants or, upon consent by Defendants, that this action be dismissed with prejudice to re-filing
Does Hope want full discovery? Na! He IMO is looking to exit as the golden chalice is out of his grasp.
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Thanks Taffy, would seem that Hope does not want a trial by jury, just costs and case dismissed with prejudice to re-filing. The ball is now firmly in Frontera’s court and over to Steve and Zaza for whether they continue. Solvency proved, assets moved, Hope off board, does Hope just want this to go away, I think so.
Come on guys wind this up and get us back to market with BH and Bp in our camp.
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Freeatlast - Hope and associates have only been focusing on acquiring FFR assets for the past few years. There has been no intention of growing the company etc., therefore greed has made them blind to protecting themselves and their own assets. Hope would have been totally unaware of the case being built against him last year resulting in what we have today. He has to fight now or he loses all IMO. It would seem that he is weak on most fronts which is why he is fighting the injunction and discovery IMO. If they are granted he is f????d, and so are any party that has been involved with our constant battering over the years. Just have to wait for next Thursday or Friday for judgement day.
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Exactly Madp., moving the asset has been a genius master stroke. Hope’s sole purpose has been to remove all avenues of serious fund raising to maintain a healthy forward looking company. Frontera have not refused to pay him, in fact they have suggested that his loan notes can be paid in full within 12 months. The assets are needed for company survival, PSA’s or loans. At the moment it would seem that they are tucked away out of arms reach until funds are raised as you’ve suggested today. Injunction with discovery would be perfect, which I believe will happen. The feduciary case will finish him off IMO, probably for good. Discovery will split his business associates, who will not stand by his side as prison is a real life consideration for them.
All IMO
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Also worthy of consideration is why does he need to employ another lawyer. Maybe his present representation is wavering, who knows, but very interesting nonetheless.
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Maybe, but if you consider the depth of sh*t that Hope is in he’s got to employed them. His new council will probably see sense and persuade him towards a damage limitation route to avoid total wipe out. Cali is not going to be kind to him.
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Totally Tsbs. Hope is definitely on the back foot. Ceasing and liquidating a company only to find nothing and being dragged kicking and screaming to Cali, where his hedge fund maybe wiped out completely in public a arena, revealing his underhand tactics and accomplices. He's not in a good place at the moment.
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So another lawyer specialising in litigation. I think Hope is slowly acknowledging the negative impact this will have on his future.
https://www.munsch.com/Professionals/Ross-Parker
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