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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES SET BY

STIPULATION FILED 5/17/05 CONTINUING DATES SET BY

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

WESLEY T. GREEN, CA BAR #201107

Attorney at Law

9500 S. DeWolf

Selma, CA 93662

Telephone: (559) 834-6677

Facsimile: (559) 834-4848

In-house Corporate Counsel for Plaintiff, LION RAISINS, INC.

Steven H. Weinstein (086724)

Spencer Y. Kook (205304)

BARGER & WOLEN LLP

633 West Fifth Street, 47th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 680-2800

Facsimile: (213) 614-7399

Attorneys for Defendant,

CONNECTICUT INDEMNITY COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AT FRESNO

LION RAISINS, INC., ) CASE NO. CIV-F-03-6744 OWW DLB

)

Plaintiff, )

) STIPULATION AND ORDER

v. ) TO CONTINUE DATES SET BY

) STIPULATION FILED 5/17/05

THE CONNECTICUT INDEMNITY ) CONTINUING DATES SET BY

COMPANY, a subsidiary of ) SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE AND )

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, ) NOTE TO COUNSEL: CHANGE MADE

) TO TRIAL DATE

Defendants. ) Complaint Filed: 10/27/03

 ) Amended Complaint Filed: 2/26/04

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, the Court set various dates and deadlines, including the trial of this action, in its

September 8, 2004 Scheduling Conference Order.

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into a Stipulation to Continue Dates set by Scheduling

Conference Order filed March 9, 2005 which essentially continued all dates for an approximate three

month period of time.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES SET BY

STIPULATION FILED 5/17/05 CONTINUING DATES SET BY

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

WHEREAS, the parties entered into an additional Stipulation to Continue Dates set by

Scheduling Conference Order filed May 17, 2005 which essentially continued all dates for an

approximate three month period of time.

WHEREAS, the undersigned (Plaintiff’s in-house legal counsel) is authorized to enter into this

stipulation on behalf of Plaintiff who is seeking substitute counsel for former counsel of record, Mr.

Brian C. Leighton;

WHEREAS, the parties have diligently moved forward in the litigation of this action and toward

developing discovery;

WHEREAS, the production of documents and other discovery responses by Plaintiff have been

delayed due its loss of litigation counsel and due to the loss of knowledgeable personnel;

WHEREAS, additional time is needed for Plaintiff to substitute litigation counsel and by both

parties to complete discovery in this action;

WHEREAS, in this action the expert disclosure deadline is August 26, 2005, the settlement

conference before the Honorable Migistrate Dennis L. Beck is October 6, 2005, and the discovery cut

off date is October 7, 2005;

WHEREAS, the extension of deadlines in the Stipulation filed May 17, 2005 will provide the

parties sufficient time to complete discovery and increase the likelihood that the parties will be

adequately prepared to participate in the Court’s settlement conference and, therefore increase the

likelihood of coming to an informal resolution of this action;

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, through their counsel of record, to continue those dates

in the Stipulation filed May 17, 2005, by a period of three months, as follows:

Old New

Expert disclosure: August 26, 2005 November 24, 2005

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: September 21, 2005 December 20, 2005

Settlement Conference: October 6, 2005 January 4, 2006

Discovery Cut-Off: October 7, 2005 January 5, 2006

Filing of Non-Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: October 21, 2005 January 19, 2006

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES SET BY

STIPULATION FILED 5/17/05 CONTINUING DATES SET BY

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

Filing of Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: November 15, 2005 February 13, 2006

Hearing of Non-Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions:December 2, 2005 March 2, 2006

Hearing of Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: December 20, 2005 March 20, 2006

Pre-Trial Conference Date: January 30, 2006 May 1, 2006

Trial Date: March 2, 2006 May 31, 2006

This Stipulation may be signed in counterparts. A facsimile copy or photocopy of the signature

of the authorized representative of a party joining in this Stipulation shall have the same force and effect

as an original signature.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties have executed this Stipulation on the dates opposite their

respective signatures.

Dated: July 26, 2005 Respectfully submitted,

By:

/S/ Spencer Y. Kook 

STEVEN H. WEINSTEIN 

SPENCER Y. KOOK

Attorneys for Defendant

Connecticut Indemnity Company

Dated: July 26, 2005 Respectfully submitted,

By:

/S/ Wesley T. Green 

WESLEY T. GREEN

Attorney for Plaintiff

Lion Raisins, Inc.

 ORDER

Finding good cause for the requests made in the Parties’ Stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

that the dates set in the Stipulation filed March 9, 2005, be continued three months as follows:

1. Expert Disclosure: November 24, 2005

2.. Supplemental Expert Disclosure: December 20, 2005

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES SET BY

STIPULATION FILED 5/17/05 CONTINUING DATES SET BY

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

3. Settlement Conference: January 4, 2006

4. Discovery Cut-Off: January 5, 2006

5. Filing of Non-Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: January 19, 2006

6. Filing of Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: February 13, 2006

7. Hearing of Non-Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: March 2, 2006

8. Hearing of Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions: March 20, 2006

9. Pre-Trial Conference Date: May 1, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.

 10. Trial Date: June 13, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

DATED: _August 2,_____, 2005 ____________________________________

Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, U.S. District

Court Judge

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