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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 STIPULATION AND 

ORDER FOR DISMISSAL

CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00449-MCE-AC - 1

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RALPH A. ZAPPALA, SBN 102052

ERIN SHEFFIELD SANCHEZ, SBN 238450

BUSBY & ZAPPALA LLP

251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 350

Lafayette, California 94549

Telephone: (925) 299-9600

Facsimile: (925) 299-9608

E-mail: rzappala@bzlawllp.com

esanchez@bzlawllp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants

TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE LLC and 

JOHN W. BUSBY II, TRUSTEE OF THE EDWARD 

PESTANA TRUST

SONIA MARTIN, SBN 191148

MENGMENG ZHANG, SBN 280411

DENTONS US LLP

One Market Plaza

Spear Tower, 24th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-1101

Telephone: (415) 267-4000

Facsimile: (415) 267-4198

E-mail: sonia.martin@dentons.com

mengmeng.zheng@dentons.com 

Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Defendant 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, A 

SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY

STEPHEN C. SNIDER, SBN 099557

SNIDER, DIEHL & RASMUSSEN, LLP

1111 W. Tokay Street

P.O. Box 560

Lodi, California 95241

Telephone: (209) 334-5144

Facsimile: (209) 333-1034

E-mail: s.snider@lodilaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Claimants/Cross-Claimants 

GARY HERD and NANCY HERD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE, LLC, a 

California limited liability company,

 Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 2:15-cv-00449-MCE-AC

(As Consolidated)

JOINT STIPULATION FOR 

DISMISSAL OF ENTIRE 

CONSOLIDATED ACTION; ORDER 

THEREON

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ORDER FOR DISMISSAL

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SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio 

corporation; GARY HERD, an individual; 

NANCY HERD, an individual; and DOES 

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 Defendants.

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JOHN W. BUSBY II, TRUSTEE OF THE 

EDWARD PESTANA TRUST, an individual

 

 Plaintiff,

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SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio 

corporation; GARY HERD, an individual; 

NANCY HERD, an individual; and DOES 

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Associated Case No. 

2:15-CV-00764-MCE-AC

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), the parties stipulate and agree to dismiss this 

consolidated action in its entirety with prejudice, with each party to bear its own costs, attorney 

fees and expenses.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: July 6, 2016 BUSBY & ZAPPALA LLP

By: /S/_Erin S. Sanchez (as authorized on July 6, 2016)

RALPH A. ZAPPALA

ERIN S. SANCHEZ

Attorney for Plaintiffs and CounterDefendants TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE LLC and

JOHN W. BUSBY II, TRUSTEE OF THE EDWARD 

PESTANA TRUST

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JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER FOR DISMISSAL

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Dated: July 6 , 2016 DENTONS US LLP

By: /S/ Sonia Martin 

SONIA MARTIN

MENGMENG ZHANG

Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Defendant 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, A 

SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

Dated: July 5, 2016 SNIDER, DIEHL & RASMUSSEN, LLP

By: /S/ Stephen C. Snider (as authorized on July 6, 2016)

STEPHEN C. SNIDER

Attorney for Defendants and Counter-Claimants/CrossClaimants GARY HERD and NANCY HERD

ORDER

In accordance with the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing, this consolidated 

action is dismissed, with prejudice, with each party to bear its own attorney’s fees, costs, and 

expenses. The matter having been concluded in its entirety, the Clerk of Court is ordered to 

close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED .

Dated: July 12, 2016

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