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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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676248.3 -1- 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

M. MAX STEINHEIMER (Bar No. 52830) 

DEBBIE J. VOROUS (Bar No. 166884) 

555 Capitol Mall, Tenth Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686 

Telephone: (916) 444-1000 

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

RUBSTELLO, INC., fka EXERCISE EQUIPMENT 

CENTER, INC., JAMES RUBSTELLO, LEO 

RUBSTELLO, FAYE RUBSTELLO, and DAWN 

RUBSTELLO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RUBSTELLO, INC., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE 

COMPANY, et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:05-CV-00688-DFL-PAN 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS 

FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM 

DATE: June 22, 2005 

TIME: 10:00 a.m. 

DEPT: Courtroom 7 

JUDGE: Hon. David F. Levi 

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676248.3 2 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING 

RECITALS 

1. On April 8, 2005, Defendant TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY 

(“Defendant”) filed a Notice of Defendant’s Removal of Civil Action Under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b), 

Based Upon First Amended Complaint. 

2. On April 13, 2005, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a 

Claim (“Motion to Dismiss”). 

3. The hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is scheduled for June 22, 2005, at 

10:00 a.m. 

4. On April 13, 2005, counsel for Plaintiffs TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE 

COMPANY, removed Plaintiffs RUBSTELLO, INC., fka EXERCISE EQUIPMENT CENTER, 

INC., JAMES RUBSTELLO, LEO RUBSTELLO, FAYE RUBSTELLO, and DAWN 

RUBSTELLO’s (“Plaintiffs”) contacted the Court to request the earliest possible hearing date to 

hear Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand. The earliest hearing date on which Plaintiffs’ Motion to 

Remand could be heard is June 22, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. Plaintiffs secured that date in anticipation 

of filing Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand. 

5. On May 9, 2005, Plaintiffs filed Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand with the Court. 

6. On May 12, 2005, counsel for Plaintiffs contacted counsel for Defendant and 

requested a continuance on the Motion to dismiss until after Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand had 

been heard and decided by the Court. 

7. The parties have agreed that the hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss will be 

set at the earliest date available following receipt of the Court’s ruling on Plaintiffs’ Motion to 

Remand. The first attempt to secure such a hearing date will occur after the Court issues a ruling 

on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand. The parties have further agreed to modify the briefing schedule 

accordingly. 

STIPULATION 

1. The Parties agree that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss will be heard on the earliest 

date available to the Court and counsel following issuance of the Court’s decision on Plaintiffs’ 

Motion to Remand, which is set for hearing on June 22, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. Defendant’s counsel 

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676248.3 3 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING 

will contact the Court to secure the hearing date after the Court has issued its ruling on Plaintiffs’ 

Motion to Remand. 

2. The Parties agree that Plaintiffs’ written opposition and Defendant’s written reply 

will be due to be filed and served in accordance with the Local Rules of Practice for the United 

States District Court, Eastern District of California, on the basis of the continued hearing date. 

DATED: May __, 2005 DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

By: /s/ 

DEBBIE J. VOROUS 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

RUBSTELLO, INC., fka EXERCISE EQUIPMENT 

CENTER, INC., JAMES RUBSTELLO, LEO 

RUBSTELLO, FAYE RUBSTELLO, and DAWN 

RUBSTELLO 

DATED: May __, 2005 BERGER KAHN, A LAW CORPORATION 

By: /s/ 

DENISE A. RUELAS 

Attorney for Defendant 

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY 

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ORDER

It is so ordered. 

Dated: 5/25/2005 _____/s/ David F. Levi______________________ 

 THE HONORABLE DAVID F. LEVI, CHIEF 

 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, UNITED STATES 

 DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN 

 DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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