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

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Robert L. Brace, SBN 122240 

Peter L. Candy, SBN 149976

HOLLISTER & BRACE 

P.O. Box 630 

Santa Barbara, CA 93102 

Telephone: (805) 963-6711 

Facsimile: (805) 965-0329 

Email: rlbrace@hbsb.com 

Email: pcandy@hbsb.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, Counter-Claimants 

and Cross-Claimants, Samuel W. Henka, and 

the Class

Andrew B. Downs, SBN 111435 

Peter Roldan, SBN 22067 

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 

601 California Street 

Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94108-2823 

Telephone: (415) 352-2700 

Facsimile: (415) 352-2701 

Email: andy.downs@bullivant.com 

Email: peter.roldan@bullivant.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

United States Fire Insurance Company 

Patric J. Kelly, SBN 71461 

Edward C. McDonald, SBN 118672 

ADLESON HESS & KELLY, APC 

577 Salmar Avenue, Second Floor 

Campbell, CA 95008 

Telephone: (405) 341-0234 

Facsimile: (408) 341-0250 

Email: pjkelly@ahk-law.com 

E-mail: emcdonald@ahk-law.com 

Attorneys for Cross-Defendants, LPH, LLC, 

Lincoln Park Clybourn 1900, LLC, and 1135 

West Armitage, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

VESTA STRATEGIES, LLC, a limited liability 

company; SAMUEL W. HENKA, an individual, 

 Defendants. 

SAMUEL W. HENKA, et al, 

 Counter-Claimants, 

vs. 

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation. 

 Counter-Defendants. 

Case No.: C0902388 JW PVT 

STIPULATION RE EXTENSION 

OF TIME TO PROVIDE RULE 26 

INITIAL DISCLOSURES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

2/22/2010

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SAMUEL W. HENKA, et al., 

 Cross-Claimants, 

vs. 

VESTA STRATEGIES, LLC, a limited liability 

company, et al., 

 Cross-Defendants. 

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(C), it is hereby stipulated by and among the parties 

who have appeared and filed answers to date, through counsel identified above, that the dates 

previously agreed upon by the parties for providing Initial Disclosures (January 22, 2010 and 

February 11, 2010)1 shall be extended to a new date of February 26, 2010. This extension is 

needed because the Receiver appointed to act on behalf of defendants Vesta Strategies, LLC 

and Excalibur 1031 Group, LLC only recently gained access to the business records of these 

entities,2 and the parties require additional time to review and assimilate the records made 

available to the Receiver for purposes of determining how the information affects their 

respective cases, i.e. the witnesses, documents, damages and insurance they intend to provide in 

their Initial Disclosures. 

 

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 The parties agreed on an Initial Disclosure deadline of January 22, 2010 for all parties who 

answered before December 14, 2009, and a deadline of 60 days after answering for all parties 

who answered after October 30, 2009. As such, Initial Disclosures from the Henka Parties and 

United States Fire Insurance Company are due on January 22, 2010, and Initial Disclosures 

from LPH, LLC, Lincoln Park Clybourn 1900, LLC and 1135 West Armitage, LLC are due on 

February 11, 2010. 

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 In August 2008, the business records of Vesta Strategies, LLC and Excalibur 1031 Group, 

LLC were seized pursuant to search warrant by the Santa Clara County District Attorneys 

Office. These records are currently being held by the FBI, San Jose division, as evidence in the 

related criminal action pending against defendants John Terzakis and Robert Estupinian, the 

owners of Vesta and Excalibur (Case No. CR 09-01212 JF, United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California). The FBI made these records available to the Receiver as 

recently as Tuesday January 19, 2010. This was three days prior to the parties’ Initial 

Disclosure deadline of January 22, 2010.

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HOLLISTER & BRACE 

Dated: January 22, 2010 By /s/ Peter L. Candy 

 Peter L. Candy, Esq., SBN. 149976 

Attorneys for Defendant, Counter-Claimants and 

Cross-Claimants, SAMUEL W. HENKA, and the 

Class 

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 

Dated: January 22, 2010 By /s/ Andrew B. Downs (via e-mail auth. PLC) 

 Andrew B. Downs, SBN 111435 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

United States Fire Insurance Company

ADLESON, HESS & KELLY, APC 

Dated: January 22, 2010 By /s/ Patrick J. Kelly (via e-mail auth. PLC) 

 Patric J. Kelly, Esq., SBN 71461 

Attorneys for Cross-Defendants LPH, LLC, 

Lincoln Park Clybourn 1900, LLC, and 1135 

West Armitage, LLC

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