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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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W02-WEST:Document3 ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT EXCHANGE DATES

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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

BRIAN R. BLACKMAN, Cal. Bar No. 196996 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4109 

Telephone: 415-434-9100 

Facsimile: 415-434-3947 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

SCOTT B. LIEBERMAN, Cal. Bar No. 208764 

RUBEN D. ESCALANTE, Cal. Bar No. 244596 

AARON M. FENNIMORE, Cal. Bar No. 251602 

650 Town Center Drive, 4th Floor 

Costa Mesa, California 92626-1993 

Telephone: 714-513-5100 

Facsimile: 714-513-5130 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CIT GROUP INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

MASTODON INVESTMENTS, GREG 

RAFFETTO, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CIT GROUP INC., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 08-CV-392 FCD (KJM) 

Assigned to:

The Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND DATES TO EXCHANGE 

EXPERT DESIGNATIONS AND 

REPORTS 

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Plaintiffs Gregory Raffetto, Gaylon TeSlaa and Sara TeSlaa ("Plaintiffs") and defendant 

CIT Group Inc. ("CIT") (collectively, the "Parties"), stipulate: 

1. Plaintiffs filed the operative Second Amended Complaint on or about 

October 17, 2008; 

2. CIT filed its Motion for Summary Judgment or Partial Summary Judgment 

against Plaintiffs' roughly fifteen claims on October 6, 2009; 

3. CIT's Summary Judgment Motion was fully briefed, and argument on the 

motion was heard by the Court on November 18, 2009; 

4. The Court has taken CIT's Summary Judgment Motion under submission 

and has not yet ruled; 

5. A ruling on CIT's Summary Judgment Motion may eliminate some or all of 

the claims in this action, potentially removing the need for witnesses to present evidence under 

Federal Rule of Evidence 702, 703, or 705; 

6. Pursuant to FRCP 26(a)(2)(C)(i), the Parties are currently required to 

affirmatively designate experts and provide expert reports by December 30, 2009; 

7. The Parties agree that an extension of the expert designation date is 

appropriate—with the Court's consent—in order to conserve time and resources and will give 

additional time to retain experts and provide those experts with adequate time to review and 

analyze the documents in this case and prepare their reports. 

8. The Parties are also actively exploring the possibility of settling all claims 

in dispute, and extending the expert designation dates will facilitate more productive settlement 

negotiations. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree that: 

1. The current date of December 30, 2009 for the Parties to exchange initial 

expert designations and reports shall be extended by thirty (30) days, to January 29, 2010; and 

2. All remaining expert deadlines shall be calculated from the new January 29, 

2010 deadline. 

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Dated: December ___, 2009 

By 

GREGORY RAFFETTO 

PLAINTIFF1

Dated: December ___, 2009 

By 

DR. GAYLON TESLAA 

PLAINTIFF 

Dated: December ___, 2009 

By 

SARA TESLAA 

PLAINTIFF 

Dated: December 24, 2009 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Aaron M. Fennimore 

BRIAN R. BLACKMAN 

AARON M. FENNIMORE 

Attorney for Defendant 

CIT GROUP, INC. 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 4, 2010. 

 

 

 

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 The court acknowledges receipt of a copy of the stipulation signed by all parties. 

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