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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING EXTENSION OF EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES

CASE NO. C-06-7497 CW (JL) 

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JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324)

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 

PHILIP L. GREGORY (SBN 95217) 

pgregory@cpmlegal.com 

SEAN E. PONIST (SBN 204712) 

sponist@cpmlegal.com 

JOSEPH C. WILSON (SBN 249027) 

jwilson@cpmlegal.com 

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: 650.697.6000 

Facsimile: 650.697.0577 

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF 

JAMES P. BENNETT (SBN 65179) 

jbennett@mofo.com 

EDGAR B. WASHBURN (SBN 34038) 

ewashburn@mofo.com 

CHRISTOPHER J. CARR (SBN 184076) 

ccarr@mofo.com 

BRIAN J. MARTINEZ (SBN 224587) 

brianmartinez@mofo.com 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel.

RICHARD WILSON and CHRIS MARANTO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MAXXAM INC., a Delaware corporation; THE 

PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY, a Delaware 

corporation; SCOTIA PACIFIC COMPANY 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; 

SALMON CREEK LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company; CHARLES E. HURWITZ, an 

individual, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C-06-7497 CW (JL)

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING EXTENSION OF 

EXPERT DISCOVERY 

DEADLINES 

Judge: Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Place: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

Complaint Filed: December 7, 2006 

Trial Date: April 20, 2009 

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TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties and their respective counsel of 

record, Sean E. Ponist, attorney for the United States ex rel. Relators Richard Wilson and Chris 

Maranto (collectively, “Plaintiff”), and Brian J. Martinez, attorney for MAXXAM Inc. and 

Charles E. Hurwitz (collectively, “Defendants”), that: 

WHEREAS, on July 11, 2008, this Court entered an order coordinating discovery in 

United States of America ex rel. Wilson and Maranto v. MAXXAM Inc., et al., United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. C-06-7497 CW (JL) (“the Federal 

Case”) and State of California ex rel. Wilson and Maranto v. MAXXAM Inc., et al., San Francisco 

County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-06-458528 (“the State Case”); 

WHEREAS, the deadline for the disclosure of expert witnesses and the exchange of 

expert reports in the Federal and State Cases is currently September 2, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the deadline for the disclosure of rebuttal expert witnesses and the exchange 

of rebuttal expert reports in the Federal and State Cases is currently October 2, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the deadline to complete expert discovery in the Federal and State Cases is 

currently November 3, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the parties would like their experts to have the benefit of further fact 

discovery in the course of forming their respective expert opinions, and discovery upon which the 

experts may rely has not yet been completed; 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 29 and Civil Local 

Rule 7-12, counsel for the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The deadline to disclose expert witnesses and exchange expert reports in the 

Federal and State Cases shall be extended to October 3, 2008. 

2. The deadline to disclose rebuttal expert witnesses and exchange rebuttal expert 

witness reports in the Federal and State Cases shall be extended to November 3, 2008. 

3. The deadline to complete expert discovery in the Federal and State Cases shall be 

extended to December 3, 2008. 

The parties respectfully request that the Court approve this Stipulation. 

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Dated: August 20, 2008 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY 

By: /s/ Sean E. Ponist 

Sean E. Ponist 

Attorneys for Plaintiff THE UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA ex rel. RICHARD WILSON and 

CHRIS MARANTO 

I, Brian J. Martinez, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. Pursuant to General Order 45, I hereby attest that Sean E. 

Ponist has concurred in this filing. 

Dated: August 12, 2008 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

By: /s/ Brian J. Martinez

Brian J. Martinez 

Attorneys for Defendants MAXXAM INC. and 

CHARLES E. HURWITZ 

 

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 ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 8/20/08 

Dated: ____________________ 

HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

United States District Judge 

Northern District of California 

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