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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:1334 Bankruptcy Appeal

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STIPULATED APPLICATION TO SHORTEN TIME;

ORDER THEREON

DEAN M. GLOSTER (SBN 109313) 

KELLY A. WOODRUFF (SBN 160235) 

LAURA C. ROCHE (SBN 174596) 

FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

Email: dgloster@fbm.com

kwoodruff@fbm.com

lroche@fbm.com

Attorneys for Appellant 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 2376 

MARC A. LEVINSON (SBN 57613) 

NORMAN C. HILE (SBN 57299) 

MICHAEL WEED (SBN 199675) 

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 

Telephone: (916) 447-9200 

Facsimile: (916) 329-4900 

Email: malevinson@orrick.com

nhile@orrick.com

mweed@orrick.com

Attorneys for Appellee 

City of Vallejo 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

International Brotherhood of Electrical 

Workers, Local 2376, 

Appellant, 

v. 

City of Vallejo, 

Appellee. 

Case No. 2:09-CV-02603-JAM 

Bank. Ct. Case No. 08-26813 (MSM) 

Chapter 9 

STIPULATED APPLICATION TO 

SHORTEN TIME; ORDER 

THEREON 

DATE: April 7, 2010 

TIME: 9:30 a.m. 

PLACE: Courtroom 6 

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STIPULATED APPLICATION TO SHORTEN TIME;

ORDER THEREON

Pursuant to Local Rule 144(e), Appellant International Brotherhood of Electrical 

Workers, Local 2376 (“IBEW”), and Appellee City of Vallejo (“City”) jointly apply for an order 

shortening time of the hearing before this Court on IBEW’s appeal from a bankruptcy court ruling 

(the “Appeal”). The hearing is currently scheduled for April 7, 2010. This application is 

supported by the Declaration of Marc A. Levinson (“Levinson Decl.”). 

I. RELEVANT FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 16, 2009, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern 

District of California transferred the Appeal to this Court. On December 21, 2009, IBEW timely 

submitted its opening brief. The City timely filed its opposition on January 26, 2010, and IBEW 

timely filed its reply on February 16, 2010. On February 18, 2010, IBEW filed an Amended

Notice That Appeal Is Ready For Oral Argument (“Notice”). On February 19, 2010, the Court 

issued a minute order setting the hearing on the Appeal for April 7, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. before this 

Court. See Levinson Decl., at ¶ 2 & Ex. A. 

That same day, the City alerted the Court that April 7 was a date upon which the 

parties were unavailable to appear, as indicated in the Notice. Levinson Decl., at ¶ 3. The Court 

informed the City that it preferred to set a hearing date for the Appeal on its biweekly law and 

motion calendar, and offered to set the hearing on April 21, 2010, or May 5, 2010. Id. ¶ 4. Lead 

counsel for IBEW is available on April 21, but months ago, lead counsel for the City committed 

to be in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 21, and in Dallas, Texas the following day. Id. ¶ 5. 

Appearing on April 21 would require counsel for the City to break both commitments, impacting 

the schedules of many other individuals. Id. Lead counsel for IBEW and the City are available to 

appear on May 5, but for the reasons articulated below, request that the Court set an earlier 

hearing on the Appeal. Id. ¶¶ 5-6. 

Parallel to the Appeal, beginning March 31, 2010, IBEW and the City will 

participate in a mediation and arbitration process regarding a new collective bargaining 

agreement between the City and IBEW. See Levinson Decl., at ¶ 7. Such process resulted from 

the rejection of the collective bargaining agreement that is the subject of the Appeal. Id. The 

goal of the mediation/arbitration process is to either negotiate a new agreement or to have one 

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ORDER THEREON

imposed by the arbitrator. Id. The process will commence with a mediation session on March 

31, 2010, followed by arbitration sessions on April 1, April 2, and May 10-19, if necessary. Id. 

IBEW and the City believe that expeditious hearing and decision of this Appeal will assist the 

parties in reaching an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement between IBEW and 

the City, and that an early agreement will save both sides time, effort and attorneys’ fees. Id.

II. DISCUSSION

Upon receiving the Court’s February 19 minute order setting the April 7 hearing, 

the parties immediately alerted the Court that the hearing had been scheduled for a date upon 

which the parties had indicated that they were unavailable. Levinson Decl., at ¶ 3. Regarding a 

new hearing date, therefore, IBEW and the City jointly request a date before April 7 in light of 

the scheduled mediation and arbitration process in March, April, and May 2010. Id. ¶ 7. The 

parties believe that hearing this appeal before March 31 – ideally during the Court’s March 24 

law and motion calendar – will assist in the informal resolution of their disputes. Id. Should the 

Court not set this hearing for its March 24 law and motion calendar, the parties request that the 

Court set the hearing on a different date in late March or mid-April. The parties are available on 

any of the following dates: March 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25 and 26; April 12, 13, 15, 19, and 23. 

III. CONCLUSION

IBEW and the City understand that in making this request, they are imposing on 

the Court and its calendar, and at the risk of stating the obvious, they would not make the request 

if the relief sought were not important to both parties. They thank the Court for considering the 

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ORDER THEREON

request, and ask that it grant their joint application to shorten time and set the hearing on the 

Appeal for March 24 or one of the alternative dates listed above. 

Dated: February 25, 2010 FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP 

/s/ Kelly A. Woodruff 

Kelly A. Woodruff 

Attorneys for Appellant 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 

Local 2376 

Dated: February 25, 2010 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

/s/ Marc A. Levinson 

Marc A. Levinson 

Attorneys for Appellee 

City of Vallejo 

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ORDER THEREON

ORDER

Having considered the joint application to shorten time and for good cause shown, 

the Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ request to shorten time on the bankruptcy appeal hearing 

currently set for April 7, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6. The hearing shall be set for: March 

17, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 26, 2010 /s/ John A. Mendez______________

HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ 

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