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

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JOINT STIP. RE: SCHEDULING 

Case No. C 04-01827 MHP 

IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

Marc S. Maister (SBN 155980; mmaister@irell.com) 

Laura A. Seigle (SBN 171358; lseigle@irell.com) 

Michael Fehner (SBN 207312; mfehner@irell.com) 

840 Newport Center Drive, Suite 400 

Newport Beach, CA 92660-6324 

Telephone: (949) 760-0991 

Facsimile: (949) 760-5200 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

The Flintkote Company 

ROBINSON & WOOD, INC. 

Archie S. Robinson (SBN 34789; ASR@robinsonwood.com) 

Jesse F. Ruiz (SBN 77984; JFR@robinsonwood.com) 

Bonnie Margaret Ross (SBN 178591; BMR@robinsonwood.com) 

Helen H. Chen (SBN 213150; HHC@robinsonwood.com) 

227 North First Street 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone: (408) 298-7120 

Facsimile: (408) 298-0477 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Aviva Insurance Company of Canada 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY, a Delaware 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

GENERAL ACCIDENT ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF CANADA, a Canada 

insurance company; GENERAL ACCIDENT 

FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE 

CORPORATION LIMITED OF PERTH, 

SCOTLAND, a Scotland insurance company; 

and DOES ONE through TEN, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C 04-01827 MHP 

JOINT STIPULATION RE: BRIEFING, 

HEARING AND TRIAL SCHEDULE 

[Proposed Order submitted separately] 

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JOINT STIP. RE: SCHEDULING 

Case No. C 04-01827 MHP 

JOINT STIPULATION RE: SCHEDULING

Pursuant to the Court's request at the January 7, 2010 hearing, plaintiff The Flintkote 

Company (“Flintkote”) and defendant Aviva Insurance Company of Canada (“Aviva”), by and 

through their counsel, submit this Joint Stipulation regarding their agreement on briefing, hearing 

and trial dates. 

The parties have meet and conferred, and have agreed to the following dates, including a 

shortened briefing schedule, conditioned on the Court's agreement: 

Event Scheduled Date

Aviva files combined motion for reconsideration and appeal 

of Judge Cahill's Report and Recommendation 

Friday, January 15, 2010 

Flintkote files combined response Wednesday, January 27, 2010 

Aviva files reply re: motion for reconsideration Tuesday, February 2, 2010 

Hearing on motions/continued pretrial conference Tuesday, February 9, 2010 

Trial date Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (or 

later as Court's schedule 

directs) 

The parties discussed potential hearing and trial dates with Court personnel and has 

submitted them in hopes that they are acceptable and still available. Pursuant to the Court's 

comments at the January 7th hearing, the parties are also participating in mediation activities with 

the Honorable Judge Daniel Weinstein (Ret.) of JAMS. 

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- 2 – JOINT STIP. RE: SCHEDULING 

Case No. C 04-01827 MHP 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. The parties jointly request that the Court set the schedule as laid out above; and 

2. The parties jointly request that the Court enter an Order in the form proposed. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: January 12, 2010 IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

By: /s/ Michael Fehner 

Michael Fehner 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

The Flintkote Company 

Dated: January 12, 2010 ROBINSON & WOOD, INC. 

By: /s/ Archie S. Robinson 

Archie S. Robinson 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Aviva Insurance Company of Canada 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: SCHEDULING 

(Case No. C 04-01827 MHP) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY, a Delaware 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

GENERAL ACCIDENT ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF CANADA, a Canada 

insurance company; GENERAL ACCIDENT 

FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE 

CORPORATION LIMITED OF PERTH, 

SCOTLAND, a Scotland insurance company; 

and DOES ONE through TEN, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C 04-01827 MHP 

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: BRIEFING, 

HEARING AND TRIAL SCHEDULE 

Joint Stipulation Submitted Concurrently

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: SCHEDULING 

(Case No. C 04-01827 MHP) 

ORDER

 Pursuant to the parties' concurrently filed Joint Stipulation re: Briefing, Hearing, and Trial 

Schedule, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby orders that the following dates 

shall apply in the above-captioned litigation: 

Event Date/Deadline

Filing of Aviva’s combined motion for reconsideration and 

appeal of Judge Cahill's Report and Recommendation 

Friday, January 15, 2010 

Filing of Flintkote’s combined response Wednesday, January 27, 2010 

Filing of Aviva’s reply re: motion for reconsideration Tuesday, February 2, 2010 

Hearing on motions/continued pretrial conference Tuesday, February 9, 2010 

Trial date Tuesday, March 16, 2010 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________, 2010 ___________________________________ 

 Judge Marilyn Hall Patel 

 United States District Judge 

12 @ 2:30 p.m. @ 8:30 a.m. January 14

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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