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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1964 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEPOSITION OF PL. SAM BESS 1

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BROOKS M. BEARD (CA Bar No. 181271) 

Email: bbeard@mofo.com

DAVID E. MELAUGH (CA Bar No. 219477) 

Email: dmelaugh@mofo.com

J. RYAN GILFOIL (CA Bar No. 246493) 

Email: jgilfoil@mofo.com

SARA MAHDAVI (CA Bar No. 245791) 

Email: smahdavi@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Telephone: (415) 268-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 

EDWARD J. CADEN (CA Bar No. 166922) 

Email: ejcaden@surewest.net

LAW OFFICE OF EDWARD J. CADEN 

8217 Manger Way 

Citrus Heights, California 95610-0570 

Telephone: (916) 729-3172 

Facsimile: (916) 723-2596 

Attorneys for Plaintiff SAM BESS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAM BESS, RYAN COUCH, KENNETH 

JIMENEZ, and BARNABE TORRES, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MATTHEW CATE, DAVID SHAW, JAMES 

TILTON, RODERICK HICKMAN, JEANNE 

WOODFORD, JOHN DOVEY, SCOTT 

KERNAN, MARTIN HOSHINO, TOMMY 

WAN, KIMBERLI BONCORE, and RALPH 

DIAZ 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-CV-01989-JAM-JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING DEPOSITION OF 

PLAINTIFF SAM BESS 

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez 

Pursuant to Rule 30(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Sam Bess 

(“Plaintiff Bess”) and Defendants Matthew Cate, David Shaw, Roderick Hickman, Jeanne 

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Woodford, John Dovey, Scott Kernan, Martin Hoshino, Tommy Wan, Kimberli Boncore, and 

Ralph Diaz (together, “Defendants”), collectively referred to as the “Parties,” hereby stipulate as 

follows: 

1. Defendants believe that, due to the number of allegations and documents 

referenced in the complaint, the “1 day of 7 hours” limitation imposed by Rule 30(d) will provide 

insufficient time to take the deposition of Plaintiff Bess. 

2. The Parties therefore stipulate that Plaintiff Bess’s deposition will take place over 

three consecutive seven-hour days from December 17 through December 19, 2008 (or a mutually 

agreeable, alternative, and consecutive three-day period). 

3. The Parties further stipulate that Defendants shall collectively complete Plaintiff 

Bess’s deposition on those dates, with no further deposition of Plaintiff Bess and no reservation 

of rights to re-open the deposition by any of the Defendants for any reason, except for good cause 

shown, and with leave of Court pursuant to Rule 30(d)(1). 

4. The Parties also stipulate that Plaintiff Bess’s deposition will take place in 

downtown Sacramento. 

Dated: September 15, 2008 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

BROOKS M. BEARD 

DAVID E. MELAUGH 

J. RYAN GILFOIL 

SARA MAHDAVI 

By: /s/ Brooks M. Beard 

Brooks M. Beard 

EDWARD J. CADEN 

LAW OFFICE OF EDWARD J. CADEN 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs SAM BESS, RYAN COUCH, 

KENNETH JIMENEZ, and BARNABE TORRES 

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

Attorney General of the State of California 

JACOB A. APPELSMITH 

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

ALICIA M. B. FOWLER 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

SCOTT H. WYCKOFF 

Deputy Attorney General 

By: /s/ Scott H. Wyckoff (as authorized on 9/12/08) 

Scott H. Wyckoff 

Attorneys for Defendants RODERICK HICKMAN, 

JEANNE WOODFORD, JOHN DOVEY, SCOTT 

KERNAN, MARTIN HOSHINO, TOMMY WAN, 

KIMBERLI BONCORE, and RALPH DIAZ 

RANKIN, SPROAT, MIRES, BEATY & REYNOLDS 

GEOFFREY A. BEATY 

R. MANUEL FORTES 

By: /s/ R. Manuel Fortes (as authorized on 9/11/08) 

R. Manual Fortes 

Attorney for Defendants MATTHEW CATE and DAVID 

SHAW 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 15, 2008 

 /s/ John A. Mendez________________

 HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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