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Nature of Suit Code: 245
Nature of Suit: Real Property Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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STIPULATION AUTHORIZING ELECTRONIC SERVICE; ORDER

SHELDON J. WARREN, No. 096668 

swarren@swarrenlaw.com DANI H. ROGERS, No. 130640 

drogers@swarrenlaw.com

LAW OFFICES OF SHELDON J. WARREN,

a Professional Law Corporation

P. O. Box 30220

Long Beach, California 90853

Telephone: 562.433.9688

Facsimile: 562.433.9711

Attorneys for Defendant

MATERION BRUSH INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RONALD DWAYNE MANNING, 

Plaintiff,

v.

ARCONIC INC., formerly known as 

Alcoa., a Delaware corporation; 

MATERION BRUSH INC., formerly 

known as Brush Wellman, Inc., an 

Ohio corporation; U.S. MINERALS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation; WABCO HOLDINGS, INC., as 

successor-in-interest to Meritor Wabco 

Vehicle Control Systems, a Delaware 

corporation; and DOES 1 Through 

120, INCLUSIVE, 

Defendants.

NO. 2:19-CV-02202-MCE-CKD

STIPULATION AUTHORIZING 

ELECTRONIC SERVICE; ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between counsel for Plaintiff 

and counsel for Defendants that electronic service utilizing File & ServeXpress is 

necessary for the expeditious and efficient resolution of the above-captioned 

litigation. When a party to this litigation wishes to serve a document to counsel of 

record, that party shall effectuate service of the document by the procedures set 

forth in this Order (subject to the exceptions outlined herein):

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STIPULATION AUTHORIZING ELECTRONIC SERVICE; ORDER

A. FILE & SERVEXPRESS 

1. In order to facilitate case management, document retrieval and 

case organization, the parties will utilize the services of File & ServeXpress ("FSX") 

and its litigation system (the "System") for providing electronic service, storage and 

delivery of non-court-filed and discovery-related documents through a secure 

website to facilitate expeditious, efficient and economical communication by and 

amongst counsel. 

B. SERVICE ONLY

2. The System shall apply only to the service of documents that 

are not otherwise filed with the Court. All documents filed with the Court must be 

filed and served utilizing the Eastern District of California’s CM/ECF E-Filing 

System, and are subject to the applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Local 

Rules of the Eastern District of California, and this Court.

3. Specially appearing defendant WABCO Holdings Inc. agrees to 

the use of FSX without waiving its right to contest jurisdiction and venue.

C. SERVICE LIST & SIGN-UP 

4. Within five (5) days of the entry of this Order, plaintiff’s

counsel shall submit to FSX a complete and current service list of counsel of record 

for this litigation. Within five (5) days of the entry of this Order, each attorney of 

record for this litigation, or within five (5) days of the entry of appearance for a new 

attorney of record, shall register for electronic service in this litigation by 

completing the application located at the following website: 

https://os.fileandservexpress.com/web/ui/welcomepage.aspx.

D. SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS AND WEBSITE 

5. When any counsel of record wishes to serve a document, that 

counsel shall serve the document according to all the requirements and procedures 

of this Order. All references to "document" in this Order shall be interpreted to 

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filed documents, including discovery-related documents (such as interrogatories, 

requests for production, deposition notices/transcripts, etc.); provided, however, 

that each attorney shall determine individually whether to utilize the System to 

serve correspondence and/or the actual production of discovery documents in 

response to another party's request for production.

6. FSX shall establish and maintain an Internet website (the 

"Website") for this litigation. FSX will post all documents served by the parties to 

the Website as provided in this Order and shall serve each document on the parties 

included on the service list provided to FSX in accordance with the procedures 

herein.

7. Each attorney shall serve each document via electronic transfer 

of the document file to FSX via the Internet (either as a word-processing file or a 

scanned image of the document). Each attorney shall title each document to identify 

the type and purpose of each document and the party who is submitting such 

document. Each document electronically served pursuant to this Order shall be 

deemed to have been served under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

However, if a party is unable to submit a document for service 

through FSX due to technical difficulties, the party may serve the document 

through personal delivery, facsimile transmission, express mail or other means 

reasonably calculated to ensure delivery not later than the close of the next business 

day after the time the document is filed.

8. After FSX receives a document, FSX shall convert such 

document into Adobe Portable Document Format ("PDF") and post it to the 

Website within one (1) hour of receipt.

9. Within one (1) hour of the time a document is posted to the 

Website, FSX shall send an email to all registered users notifying them that the 

document has been posted to the Website (unless such registered user has declined 

to receive such email notifications, or made other arrangements with FSX). The 

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email shall contain hypertext link(s) to the document location(s) on the System (or, 

if so designated by the recipient, the email shall have the served document attached 

thereto).

10. All documents posted on the System will be identified by: (a) 

the name of the serving law firm; (b) the caption(s) of the case(s) to which the 

document belongs; (c) the title of the document set forth on its caption; and (d) the 

identity of the party on whose behalf the document is being served.

11. The System shall contain an index of all served documents for 

the litigation that will be searchable and sortable according to methods that provide 

useful 24/7 365 days' access to the documents.

12. Access to the System will be limited to registered users. 

Registered users will consist of counsel of record and their designated staff 

members. FSX will provide each registered user with a user name and password to 

access the System and the documents served in the litigation. FSX personnel will 

perform all administrative functions for the System, but all initial data, additions, 

deletions or changes to the service list must be approved by the counsel for Plaintiff 

and Defendants.

13. Every document served electronically shall bear a facsimile or 

typographical signature of at least one of the attorneys of record, along with the 

typed name, address, telephone number and State Bar of California number of such 

attorney. Typographical signatures shall be treated exactly as personal signatures for 

purposes of electronically served documents under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure and the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California. 

14. Any document transmitted to the System shall certify in the Proof 

of Service that a true and correct copy was electronically served on counsel of 

record by transmission to FSX.

15. Until further notice, documents that, if filed with the Court, 

would be filed under seal ("sealed documents"), shall not be served through the 

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System. Instead, the service of sealed documents shall be made pursuant to the 

applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules of the Eastern District 

of California.

16. FSX shall have available to counsel of record and the Court a 

24-hour 365 days help desk hotline at (888) 529-7587 and support via email at 

support@fileandserve.com. 

17. Any document served as described above that requires a 

response within a specified time period shall be served no later than 5:00 p.m. 

PST/PDT. If such document is served after 5:00 p.m. PST/PDT, it will be deemed 

served on the next business day for purposes of computing the time to respond. 

Dated: January 7, 2020 METZGER LAW GROUP APLC

By /s/ Raphael Metzger (as authorized on 01/02/2020)

RAPHAEL METZGER

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MATTHEW DWAYNE MANNING

Dated: January 7, 2020 LAW OFFICES OF SHELDON J. WARREN

By /s/ Sheldon J. Warren

SHELDON J. WARREN

Attorneys for Defendant

MATERION BRUSH INC. 

Dated: January 7, 2020 TATRO TEKOSKY SADWICK LLP

By /s / Rene P. Tatro (as authorized on 

01/02/2020) __________________________ RENĖ P. TATRO

Counsel for Defendant ARCONIC INC. 

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Dated: January 7, 2020 CHRISTENSEN HSU SIPES LLP

By /s / Jennifer K. Stinnett (as authorized on 01/02/2020______________________________ JENNIFER K. STINNETT

Counsel for Defendant U.S. MINERALS, INC. 

Dated: January 7, 2020 HUGO PARKER, LLP

By /s / James C. Parker (as authorized on 01/02/2020______________________________ JAMES C. PARKER

Counsel for Defendant U.S. MINERALS, INC. 

Dated: January 7, 2020 GORDON & REES LLP

By /s / Don Willenburg (as authorized on 

01/03/2020___________________________ DON WILLENBURG

Counsel for Specially Appearing Defendant WABCO HOLDINGS, INC. 

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STIPULATION AUTHORIZING ELECTRONIC SERVICE; ORDER

ORDER AUTHORIZING ELECTRONIC SERVICE

The Stipulation of the parties is approved and accepted. The parties shall 

abide by the foregoing Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 7, 2020

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