Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_05-cv-00583/USCOURTS-caed-2_05-cv-00583-31/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

---

BRI550 GHT N OG AND RLE(TH818 N DB R)ASU243 A NLEITE,BD-C212 210 B ORA LO1IFU L 0 O WN EVARD (R213 N IA) 489 912-0 31414

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

600182602v1 - 1 - Case No.05-CV-00583

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY

SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL

ARLEN ORCHARD (State Bar No. 143015)

STEVEN M. COHN (State Bar No. 88565)

6201 “S” Street

Sacramento, CA 95817

Telephone: (916) 732-6121

Facsimile: (916) 732-6581

BRIGHT AND BROWN

JAMES S. BRIGHT (State Bar No. 65299)

MAUREEN J. BRIGHT (State Bar No. 81589)

BRIAN L. BECKER (State Bar No. 115431)

SHARON M. APODACA (State Bar No. 213798)

550 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 2100

Glendale, CA 91203

Telephone: (818) 243-2121

Facsimile: (818) 243-3225

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

PHILIP S. WARDEN (State Bar No. 54752)

JOHN S. POULOS (State Bar No. 154689)

CHRISTOPHER R. RODRIGUEZ (State Bar No. 212274)

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700

Sacramento, California 95814-4419

Telephone: (916) 329-4700

Facsimile: (916) 441-3583

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant

SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

WATT, TIEDER, HOFFAR & FITZGERALD, LLP

ROBERT C. NIESLEY, ESQ. (State Bar No. 131373)

BENNETT J. LEE, ESQ. (State Bar No. 230482)

Citigroup Center

One Sansome Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 623-7000

Facsimile: (415) 623-7001

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

Case 2:05-cv-00583-LKK -GGH Document 248 Filed 08/22/06 Page 1 of 4
BRI550 GHT N OG AND RLE(TH818 N DB R)ASU243 A NLEITE,BD-C212 210 B ORA LO1IFU L 0 O WN EVARD (R213 N IA) 489 912-0 31414

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

600182602v1 - 2 - Case No.05-CV-00583

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY

FRU-CON CONSTRUCTION

CORPORATION, a Missouri

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY

DISTRICT, a California municipal

utility district; and UTILITY

ENGINEERING CORPORATION, a

Texas corporation

Defendants.

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

CASE NO. 05-CV-0583-LKK/GGH

(Lead Consolidated Case)

STIPULATION AND ORDER

REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY

CASE NO. 05-CV-1961-LKK/GGH TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a

Connecticut corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY

DISTRICT, a California municipal

utility district,

Defendant.

Defendant and counterclaimant SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

(the “District”) and plaintiffs and counter-defendants Fru-Con Construction

Corporation (“Fru-Con”) and Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America, Inc.

(“Travelers”), (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby enter into the following stipulation to

request that the Court modify its November 18, 2005 Discovery Plan Order (the

“Discovery Plan Order”).

WHEREAS, the Parties have been operating under the Discovery Plan Order to

complete non-expert depositions no later than September 15, 2006;

WHEREAS, the Discovery Plan Order requires the Parties to disclose their

respective experts and expert reports no later than September 1, 2006;

Case 2:05-cv-00583-LKK -GGH Document 248 Filed 08/22/06 Page 2 of 4
BRI550 GHT N OG AND RLE(TH818 N DB R)ASU243 A NLEITE,BD-C212 210 B ORA LO1IFU L 0 O WN EVARD (R213 N IA) 489 912-0 31414

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

600182602v1 - 3 - Case No.05-CV-00583

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY

WHEREAS, the Discovery Plan Order requires the Parties to disclose their

respective rebuttals to the expert reports no later than September 20, 2006;

WHEREAS, the Parties believe that concluding non-expert depositions prior to

disclosing their respective expert reports will be beneficial to the Parties and to

administration of the case;

WHEREAS, the Parties have represented that each side (the District on one side

and Fru-Con and Travelers on the other side) anticipates identifying 5-10 testifying

experts; and

WHEREAS, the Parties do not intend to nor are they requesting that the

January 18, 2007 close of discovery be extended;

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the District, Fru-Con

and Travelers as follows:

1. The Parties will disclose their respective experts and expert reports

no later than September 29, 2006 (rather than September 1, 2006),

via overnight delivery;

2. The Parties will disclose their respective rebuttals to the expert

reports no later than October 30, 2006 (rather than September 20,

2006), via overnight delivery;

3. The Parties hereby remove and delete the opportunity to disclose

reply reports as set forth in the Court’s Discovery Plan Order and

no such reports will be allowed;

4. Expert depositions shall not commence until after the Parties have

disclosed their respective rebuttals to the expert reports, but the

Parties shall complete all expert depositions on or before

December 22, 2006;

5. The Parties will not set depositions or motions or otherwise transact

case business with an opposing party from December 23, 2006

through January 3, 2007 (the “Dark Week”).

Case 2:05-cv-00583-LKK -GGH Document 248 Filed 08/22/06 Page 3 of 4
BRI550 GHT N OG AND RLE(TH818 N DB R)ASU243 A NLEITE,BD-C212 210 B ORA LO1IFU L 0 O WN EVARD (R213 N IA) 489 912-0 31414

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

600182602v1 - 4 - Case No.05-CV-00583

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY

Dated: August __, 2006 BRIGHT AND BROWN

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700

Sacramento, CA 95814-4419

By /s/ Brian L. Becker

Attorneys for

SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILIDTYISTRICT

Dated: August __, 2006 DIEPENBROCK HARRISON

MOORE & LEE, LLP

By /s/ Charlie C.H. Lee

Attorneys for

FRU-CON CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Dated: August __, 2006 WATT, TIEDER, HOFFAR & FITZGERALD, L.L.P.

One Sansome Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, CA 94104

By /s/ Bennett J. Lee

Attorneys for

TRAVELERS CASCUOAMLTYP ANYDOSFU RAEMTYERICA

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 8/22/06 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

JUDGE GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

Frucon.expdscy

Case 2:05-cv-00583-LKK -GGH Document 248 Filed 08/22/06 Page 4 of 4