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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SAGENT ENERGY, LLC,

an Delaware limited liability

company,

Plaintiff,

vs.

US CAPITAL PARTNERS

LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company;

JEFFREY SWEENEY,

an individual; CHARLES

V. TOWLE, an individual;

and ISH SPENCER, an 

individual; ANTHONY 

RODRIGUEZ, an individual,

 Defendants.

 

Case No.: 14-cv-05432-JSC

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER 

CHANGING TIME

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE TO COMPLETE 

MEDIATION

Plaintiff, Sagent Energy, LLC (“Sagent”) and Defendants, US Capital Partners 

LLC, Jeffrey Sweeney, Charles V. Towle, Ish Spencer, and Anthony Rodriguez 

(“Defendants”) (collectively, the “Parties”), jointly request the Court for an order 

extending the established deadline to complete mediation in the above-captioned case 

until August 31, 2015. In support, the Parties state as follows:

1. On December 12, 2014, Sagent filed its Complaint against Defendants in 

the District Court for the Northern District of California. See Complaint [Doc. No. 1].

2. On December 16, 2014, the Court entered an Order setting the initial 

case management conference and ADR deadlines (the “Order”). See Order [Doc. No. 

5].

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3. On March 2, 2015, Defendants filed an Answer to the Complaint. See

Answer [Doc. No. 25].

4. On March 5, 2015, the Court granted Parties’ request to change the date 

of the Initial Case Management Conference to April 16, 2015 [Doc. No. 31].

5. On April 3, 2015, the Parties filed a Joint Case Management Statement 

requesting that the Deadline to Complete Mediation be set on June 30, 2015 [Doc. No. 

38]. On April 21, 2015, the Court entered a Pretrial Order, setting the Deadline to 

Complete Mediation on June 30, 2015 [Doc. No. 46].

6. At the April 16, 2015 Initial Case Management Conference, it was 

anticipated and discussed with Judge Corley that an extension to the Deadline to 

Complete Mediation might need to requested in order to complete discovery needed 

prior to mediation.

7. On June 9, 2015, prior to a call with the Court assigned mediator, Brian 

Haughton, the Parties discussed potential objections to discovery. Defendants’ 

counsel indicated to Plaintiff’s counsel that Defendants intended to object to certain 

Discovery Requests by Plaintiff. During the subsequent call with Brian Haughton, 

the Parties agreed to request an extension of the mediation deadline until August 31, 

2015 so that the Parties would have time to potentially resolve this discovery dispute.

8. Accordingly, the Parties request that the Deadline to Complete 

Mediation be continued until August 31, 2015.

9. The requested extension is not made for the purpose of delay, but 

instead is requested to more efficiently and effectively litigate and mediate this case. 

10. Extension of the deadline requested in this Request would only result in 

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changing the Deadline to Complete Mediation and would not affect any other 

deadlines established in the case.

11. No previous requests for extensions of the deadlines set in the Pretrial 

Order have been made in this case.

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Dated: June 16, 2015

Respectfully submitted,

By 

 

s/ Christopher L. Morrow_______________________

RONALD T. SHINN JR., (appearing pro hac vice)

ron.shinn@mcafeetaft.com

CHRISTOPHER L. MORROW, (appearing pro hac vice)

chris.morrow@mcafeetaft.com

McAFEE & TAFT

A Professional Corporation

Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

211 North Robinson

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

Phone: (405) 235-9621

Facsimile: (405) 235-0439

and

JENNIFER DONNELLAN (State Bar # 210795)

Email: jbrown@cornerlaw.com

JOHN C. BROWN (State Bar # 195804)

Email: jdonnellan@cornerlaw.com

CORNERSTONE LAW GROUP

575 Market Street, Suite 3050

San Francisco, California 94105

Phone: (415) 974-1900

Facsimile: (415) 974-6433

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAGENT ENERGY, LLC

And

s/ Ayse Kuzucuoglu____________________________

Signed with permission of Counsel

VEDDER PRICE (CA), LLP

AYSE KUZUCUOGLU, Bar No. 251114

akuzucuoglu@vedderprice.com

275 Battery Street, Suite 2464

San Francisco, California 94111

Phone: (415) 749-9500

Facsimile: (415)749-9502

Attorneys for Defendants, US CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, JEFFREY SWEENEY, 

CHARLES V. TOWLE, ISH SPENCER and ANTHONY 

RODRIGUEZ

Dated: June 17, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

GRANTED

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley 

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