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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 23:1441 Contract Real Estate

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STIPULATION RE SCOPE OF IMPEACHMENT AND WITHDRAWN CLAIMS 

Kurt F. Vote, # 160496 

Mandy L. Jeffcoach, # 232313 

McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD 

 WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

P.O. Box 28912 

5 River Park Place East 

Fresno, CA 93720-1501 

Telephone: (559) 433-1300 

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JAMES M. OLVEY 

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION 

JAMES M. OLVEY, an individual, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ERROTABERE RANCHES, a California 

partnership; DANIEL D. ERROTABERE, 

an individual; JEAN ERROTABERE, an 

individual, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:06-CV-00653-OWW 

STIPULATION RE SCOPE OF 

IMPEACHMENT AND WITHDRAWN 

CLAIMS; ORDER THEREON 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the undersigned are counsel of record for Plaintiff JAMES M. 

OLVEY, an individual (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants ERROTABERE RANCHES, a California 

partnership, DANIEL D. ERROTABERE, an individual, and JEAN ERROTABERE, an 

individual (collectively “Defendants”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties have each identified certain potential issues for the trial of 

this matter which relate to (a) the filing, maintenance, and ultimate of dismissal by Plaintiff of the 

First through Fourth claims for relief in the Complaint and (b) the scope of impeachment 

evidence which may be offered regarding certain disputed items related to the testimony of 

Plaintiff; and 

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, 

SHEPPARD, W AYTE & 

CARRUTH LLP 

5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST

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WHEREAS, the parties desire to streamline the issues to be presented at the trial 

of this matter and to reach resolution of potential Motions in Limine and other evidentiary or 

foundational objections to certain items of potential evidence. 

STIPULATION

 The parties hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 

1. Neither Plaintiff nor Defendants nor their counsel nor any witnesses called 

by any of the parties to this proceeding shall mention, argue, discuss, testify regarding, or allude 

in any way in the presence of the jury to the filing, maintenance or dismissal of the First through 

Fourth claims for relief in the Complaint on file herein nor any of the factual bases or legal 

allegations underlying same. 

2. Neither Plaintiff nor Defendants nor their counsel nor any witnesses called 

by any of the parties to this proceeding shall mention, argue, discuss, testify regarding, or allude 

in any way in the presence of the jury to the adequacy of the disclosures by Defendants or any 

alleged discrepancies or misrepresentations or acts of concealment regarding the Crescent Canal 

stock, the alleged purchase price discrepancy regarding Plaintiff’s parcel, the alleged failure to 

disclose the true purchase price of Plaintiff’s parcel of property, or any other factual claims which 

underlie the now-dismissed First through Fourth claims for relief in the Complaint. 

3. Defendants and their counsel shall be permitted to, but are not required to, 

introduce evidence of any or all of the following sworn statements by Plaintiff concerning 

Plaintiff’s alleged receipt of the Purchase Agreement between Defendants and the Borbas on or 

about April 7, 2005: Plaintiff’s deposition, 99:23 – 100:3 (Exhibit JX25); 100:25 – 101:1 (Exhibit 

JX26); 101:14-19 (Exhibit JX27); 108:12-16 (Exhibit JX28); and 203:16-19 (with objection at 

203:18 redacted) (Exhibit JX31); 

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, 

SHEPPARD, W AYTE & 

CARRUTH LLP 

5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST

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4. Defendants and their counsel shall be permitted to, but are not required to, 

introduce evidence of any or all of the following sworn statements by Plaintiff concerning 

Plaintiff’s actual receipt of the Purchase Agreement between Defendants and the Borbas on or 

about March 30, 2005: Plaintiff’s Supplemental Responses to Defendants’ Requests for 

Admission Nos. 13 (Exhibit JX19) and 14 (Exhibit JX20) and Plaintiff’s deposition 174:1-3 

(Exhibit JX29) and 174:17-24 (Exhibit JX30); 

5. Except as expressly set forth in paragraphs 3 and 4, above, neither 

Defendants nor their counsel nor any witnesses called by Defendants shall mention, argue, 

discuss, testify regarding, or allude in any way in the presence of the jury to any other sworn or 

unsworn statements or claims by Plaintiff concerning his alleged receipt of the Purchase 

Agreement between the Defendants and the Borbas on or about April 7, 2005 or his actual receipt 

of the Purchase Agreement between the Defendants and the Borbas on or about March 30, 2005; 

6. Defendants withdraw their proposed Exhibit 26 as identified in the parties’ 

Joint Pre-Trial Conference Statement, which was a cassette tape of a voicemail left by Plaintiff 

for one or more of Defendants on or about March 30, 2005, and neither Defendants nor their 

counsel nor any witnesses called by any of the parties to this proceeding shall mention, argue, 

discuss, testify regarding, or allude in any way in the presence of the jury to said voicemail 

message or the contents or tone thereof - except as expressly provided for herein; 

7. The parties agree that a redacted version of Defendants’ Exhibit 27 as 

identified in the parties’ Joint Pre-Trial Conference Statement shall be admissible in evidence, 

with the redacted version including only the underlined portions of the document; 

8. Plaintiff withdraws the following documents marked as Plaintiff’s Exhibits 

in the parties’ Joint Pre-Trial Conference Statement: Exhibits 10, 17, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 

33, 35, 37 and 39; and 

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SHEPPARD, W AYTE & 

CARRUTH LLP 

5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST

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9. Defendants have indicated that they intend to argue or introduce evidence 

to suggest that Plaintiff’s Supplemental Responses to Defendants’ Requests for Admission Nos. 

13 (Exhibit JX19) and 14 (Exhibit JX20) were provided after Defendants obtained Plaintiff’s 

telephone records in discovery. Plaintiff will file and serve a Motion in Limine objecting to 

Defendants’ argument or evidence in this respect. 

Dated: March 13, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: _____________/s/________________ 

Kurt Vote 

William Littlewood 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JAMES M. OLVEY 

Dated: March 13, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

LANG, RICHERT & PATCH 

By:_____________/s/_________________ 

Scott J. Ivy 

Attorneys for Defendants ERROTABERE 

RANCHES, DANIEL D. ERROTABERE and 

JEAN ERROTABERE 

ORDER

Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED as stipulated above. 

Dated: March 14, 2008 

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 Honorable Oliver W. Wanger 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

1199206.v1 

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