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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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COOPER, WHITE & 

COOPER LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

201 CALIFORNIA STREET 

SAN FRANCISCO 94111 

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536640.1 1 C 05-03441 WHA

Stipulation and (Proposed) Order to Change Time for Early Neutral Evaluation 

Sean P. Beatty (SBN 154256) 

Jie-Ming Chou (SBN 211346) 

COOPER, WHITE & COOPER LLP 

201 California Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415-433-1900 

Facsimile: 415-433-5530 

Email: sbeatty@cwclaw.com 

 jchou@cwclaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

ICG TELECOM GROUP, INC., AND DOES 1-

10, 

Defendants 

Case No. C 05-03441-WHA 

STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) 

ORDER CHANGING TIME FOR EARLY 

NEUTRAL EVALUATION PURSUANT TO 

LOCAL RULE 7-12 

 Plaintiff TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ("Telscape"), and defendant ICG 

TELECOM GROUP, INC., ("ICG"), by and through their counsel hereby stipulate that: 

 1. Telscape and ICG require an extension until April 7, 2006 to conduct the agreed upon 

Early Neutral Evaluation ("ENE"). The original deadline set by the court to complete the ENE is 

March 1, 2006. 

 2. Due to a conflict of interest experienced by Telscape's prior counsel, Telscape recently 

retained Cooper, White & Cooper LLP ("CWC") as new counsel on February 27, 2006. CWC needs 

time to become familiar with the case and to prepare for the ENE. 

 3. Additionally, ICG filed a Third Party Complaint against Mpower Communications 

Corp. ("Mpower") on February 28, 2006. Extending the ENE deadline until April 7, 2006 would 

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536640.1 2 

Stipulation and (Proposed) Order to Change Time for Early Neutral Evaluation 

allow Mpower to participate in the ENE thereby allowing all affected parties the opportunity to 

engage in a more thorough dialogue and a more effective ENE. 

 4. The requested time modification would no have effect on the schedule for the case. 

It is so stipulated.

DATED: March 1, 2006 COOPER, WHITE & COOPER LLP 

 By: /s/ Sean P. Beatty 

 Sean P. Beatty 

 Jie-Ming Chou 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Telscape Communications, Inc. 

DATED: March 1, 2006 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

By: /s/ Mitchell F. Brecher 

 Mitchell F. Brecher 

Debra McGuire Mercer 

Attorneys for Defendant ICG Telecom Group, Inc. 

Filer’s attestation: I, Jie-Ming Chou, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file 

this document. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that I have on file all 

holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a “conformed” signature (/S/) within this efiled 

document. 

DATED: March 1, 2006 COOPER, WHITE & COOPER LLP 

 By: /s/ Jie-Ming Chou 

 Jie-Ming Chou 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Telscape Communications, Inc. 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

 The time for conducting the Early Neutral Evaluation is hereby extended to April 7, 2006. 

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Judge William Alsup 

United States District Court for the Northern District 

 March 2, 2006 

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