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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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RAMIRO MORALES, Bar No.167947 

rmorales@mfrlegal.com 

DAVID A. ASTENGO, Bar No. 196096 

dastengo@mfrlegal.com 

MORALES FIERRO & REEVES 

2300 Contra Costa Blvd., Suite 310

Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 

Telephone: (925) 288-1776 

Facsimile: (925) 288-1856 

Attorneys for Defendants, ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY and ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SACRAMENTO DIVISION)

ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation, et 

al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO.: 2:12-CV-02820-TLN-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER

EXTENDING DISPOSITIVE MOTION 

DEADLINES IN THE PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER

(FIRST REQUEST)

Trial Date: July 13, 2015

Judge: Honorable Troy L. Nunley

Court Room: 2

 PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (“F.R.C.P.”) 6(b)(1) and

LOCAL RULE (“L.R.”) 144(a), IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among 

plaintiff, ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY (“ST. PAUL”), and defendants, ACE 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (“ACE”), ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 

(“ASSURANCE”), CLARENDON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY (“CLARENDON”),

EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (“EVEREST”), GOLDEN EAGLE 

INSURANCE COMPANY (“GOLDEN EAGLE”), ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY 

(“ILLINOIS UNION”), MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY (“MARYLAND CASUALTY”), 

NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY (“NAVIGATORS INSURANCE”), NAVIGATORS 

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SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (“NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY”), NORTHERN 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK (“NORTHERN INSURANCE”), PRAETORIAN 

INSURANCE COMPANY (“PRAETORIAN”), STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY 

(“STEADFAST”), VALIANT INSURANCE COMPANY (“VALIANT”) and ZURICH 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (“ZURICH”), collectively hereinafter referred to as the 

“Parties,” through their respective attorneys, that that deadlines set forth in the Court’s Pretrial 

Scheduling Order for filing dispositive motions and the last day for the Court to hear dispositive 

motions be extended by thirty-five (35) days. The Parties are not seeking the extension of any other 

deadlines in the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order nor the July 13, 2015 trial date. 

 ST. PAUL has very recently reached an informal resolution of its claims as to the following 

defendants: ASSURANCE, EVEREST, MARYLAND CASUALTY, NAVIGATORS 

INSURANCE, NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY, NORTHERN INSURANCE, STEADFAST, 

VALIANT and ZURICH, and anticipates each of these defendants being dismissed from this action 

shortly. Thus, no dispositive motion(s) regarding ST. PAUL’s claim(s) as to any of these particular 

defendants are expected to be filed with the Court.1

 ST. PAUL’s claims against ACE, CLARENDON, GOLDEN EAGLE, ILLINOIS UNION 

and PRAETORIAN continue to be litigated. ACE, CLARENDON, GOLDEN EAGLE, ILLINOIS 

UNION and PRAETORIAN are hereinafter referred to collectively as “DEFENDANTS.” 

 ST. PAUL and DEFENDANTS have completed their factual discovery and made their 

necessary expert disclosures(s). The depositions of certain disclosed expert(s) are currently 

scheduled for late-November 2014. ST. PAUL remains in ongoing settlement discussions with 

certain DEFENDANTS. ST. PAUL and DEFENDANTS believe a thirty-five (35) day extension of 

the dispositive motion deadlines will permit certain DEFENDANTS to resolve this action with ST. 

PAUL without having to incur the costs necessary to prepare one or more dispositive motions over 

the next thirty days. ST. PAUL and DEFENDANTS further believe that a thirty-five (35) day 

 

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 Counsel for ASSURANCE, EVEREST, MARYLAND CASUALTY, NAVIGATORS INSURANCE, NAVIGATORS 

SPECIALTY, NORTHERN INSURANCE, STEADFAST, VALIANT and ZURICH are signatories to this Stipulation 

merely due to the fact that their client(s) have not yet been dismissed and, therefore, take no formal position concerning 

an extension of the current motion hearing schedule.

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extension of the dispositive motion deadlines is warranted so as to permit them the opportunity to 

conclude currently scheduled expert deposition(s), evaluate the testimony given and determine its 

use for purposes of supporting or opposing one or more dispositive motion(s) which are anticipated 

to be filed by ST. PAUL and/or one or more DEFENDANTS. 

 Pursuant to the Court’s “Pretrial Scheduling Order” (ECF Document No. 181), the current 

motion hearing schedule regarding dispositive motions is as follows: 

 • Last day for the Court to hear dispositive motions: 01/29/15; 

• Dispositive motions: filed at least 8 weeks prior to 

hearing (i.e., 12/04/14); 

 

• Opposition and any cross-motion: filed at least 5 weeks prior to 

hearing; 

• Reply and opposition to cross-motion: filed at least 3 weeks prior to 

hearing; 

 

• Reply to cross-motion: filed at least 1 week prior to 

hearing 

As addressed, ST. PAUL and DEFENDANTS believe a thirty-five (35) day extension of the 

dispositive motion deadlines will permit ST. PAUL to resolve its claims with certain 

DEFENDANTS and without those parties having to incur the costs necessary to prepare one more 

dispositive motions. It will further permit the conclusion of expert depositions later this month and 

afford ST. PAUL and/or one or more DEFENDANTS the time necessary to evaluate the testimony 

and determine its use for purposes of supporting or opposing dispositive motions. Therefore, the 

Parties hereby stipulate and agree to the following extension of the current motion hearing schedule 

regarding dispositive motions: 

 • The last day for the Court to hear dispositive motions shall be March 5, 2015; 

• Dispositive Motion(s): Filed at least 8 weeks prior to hearing; 

• Opposition and any cross-motion: Filed at least 5 weeks prior to hearing; 

 • Reply and opposition to cross-motion: Filed at least 3 weeks prior to hearing; 

 • Reply to cross-motion: Filed at least 1 week prior to hearing 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED. 

DATED: November 4, 2014 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC 

 By: /s/ Scott LaSalle 

 SCOTT LaSALLE 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, ST. PAUL 

 MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY 

DATED: November 4, 2014 MORALES, FIERRO & REEVES 

 

 By: /s/ David A. Astengo 

 DAVID A. ASTENGO 

 Attorneys for Defendants, ACE 

 AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY 

 and ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE 

 COMPANY 

DATED: November 4, 2014 DE LA PENA & HOLIDAY 

 

 By: /s/ Anderson Franco 

 ANDERSON FRANCO 

 Attorneys for Defendants, CLARENDON 

 AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY 

 and PRAETORIAN INSURANCE 

 COMPANY 

DATED: November 4, 2014 KOLETSKY, MANCINI, FELDMAN 

 & MORROW 

 By: /s/ Stacy R. Goldscher 

 STACY R. GOLDSCHER 

 Attorneys for Defendant, GOLDEN 

 EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY 

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DATED: November 4, 2014 SINNOT, PUEBLA, CAMPAGNE & 

CURET, APLC 

 By: /s/ Lindsey Morgan 

 BLAISE STEPHEN CURET 

 LINDSEY MORGAN 

 Attorneys for Defendants, ASSURANCE 

 COMPANY OF AMERICA; MARYLAND 

CASUALTY COMPANY; NORTHERN 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK; 

STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY; 

VALIANT INSURANCE COMPANY; and 

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

DATED: November 4, 2014 SELMAN BREITMAN 

 By: /s/ Joel Morgan 

 JOEL MORGAN 

Attorneys for Defendants, EVEREST 

NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

and EVEREST INDEMNITY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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DATED: November 4, 2014 GORDON & REES, LLP 

 

 By: /s/ Timothy P. Lindell 

 TIMOTHY PAUL LINDELL 

 Attorneys for Defendants, NAVIGATORS 

 INSURANCE COMPANY and 

 NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

ORDER 

 Pursuant to the stipulation of plaintiff, ST. PAUL, and defendants, ASSURANCE, ACE, 

CLARENDON, EVEREST, GOLDEN EAGLE, ILLINOIS UNION, MARYLAND CASUALTY, 

NAVIGATORS INSURANCE, NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY, NORTHEN INSURANCE, 

PRAETORIAN, STEADFAST, VALIANT and ZURICH, and good cause existing therefore, 

IT IS HEREBYORDERED as follows: 

 • The last day for the Court to hear dispositive motions shall be March 12, 2015;

• Dispositive Motion(s): Filed at least 8 weeks prior to hearing; 

• Opposition and any cross-motion: Filed at least 5 weeks prior to hearing; 

 • Reply and opposition to cross-motion: Filed at least 3 weeks prior to hearing; 

 • Reply To cross-motion: Filed at least 1 week prior to hearing 

 All other dates and deadlines set forth in the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF 

Document No. 181) remain unchanged. 

DATED: November 6, 2014

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