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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 40:270 Miller Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DATE FOR COMPLETION OF DISCOVERY AND 

MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

MILLER, MORTON, CAILLAT & NEVIS, LLP

50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1300

San Jose, CA 95113

Telephone: (408) 292-1765

WILLIAM K. HURLEY, ESQ., SBN 116625

wkh@millermorton.com

CARRIE A. MACINTOSH, ESQ., SBN 294610

cam@millermorton.com

MILLER, MORTON, CAILLAT & NEVIS, LLP

50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1300

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 292-1765

Facsimile: (408) 436-8272

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Geosphere Consultants, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA for the 

benefit of GEOSPHERE CONSULTANTS, 

INC., a California corporation,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. 

OF AMERICA, a Connecticut corporation; 

BARNHART-BALFOUR BEATTY, INC., a 

California corporation, and DOES 1 through 

50,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-02026-WBS-DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

TIME FOR COMPLETION OF 

DISCOVERY AND TIME TO FILE 

MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DATE FOR COMPLETION OF DISCOVERY AND 

MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

MILLER, MORTON, CAILLAT & NEVIS, LLP

50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1300

San Jose, CA 95113

Telephone: (408) 292-1765

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULE 6, AND 

CIVIL LOCAL RULES 143 AND 144 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AMONG THE 

PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, 

AS FOLLOWS:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff United States of America for the benefit of Geosphere

Consultants, Inc. (“Geosphere”) and Defendants Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of America 

(“Travelers”) and Barnhart-Balfour Beatty, Inc. (“Balfour Beatty”), collectively (“the 

Parties”), have been ordered by this Court to complete discovery by or before April 17, 2015;

WHEREAS, this Court has further ordered that all motions to compel discovery, if any 

there may be, be heard by or before April 17, 2015;

WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in, and continue to engage in, good faith 

settlement discussions;

WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred via phone conference on April 1, 2015

regarding the status of settlement discussions, and are hopeful that settlement will be 

imminently achieved; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that completing discovery by or before the 

existing April 17, 2015 may result in unnecessary expenditure of time and resources, and may 

hinder settlement discussions;

WHEREAS, the Parties have further determined that the existing deadline by which all 

motions to compel discovery does not provide the Parties with time to propound, and respond 

to discovery, and meet and confer in connection therewith prior to filing a motion to compel 

discovery;

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to extend the date for completion of discovery and 

the date for hearing of motions to compel discovery for a period of forty-five (45) days;

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that, with the exception of the stipulated 

extensions to deadlines for completion of discovery and for the hearing of motions to compel 

discovery discussed herein, the remaining deadlines set by this Court’s Pre-Trial Scheduling 

Order, entered on December 18, 2014, shall remain intact;

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DATE FOR COMPLETION OF DISCOVERY AND 

MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

MILLER, MORTON, CAILLAT & NEVIS, LLP

50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1300

San Jose, CA 95113

Telephone: (408) 292-1765

WHEREFORE THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE AS 

FOLLOWS:

The date for completion of the discovery is hereby extended for a period of forty-five 

(45) days to be completed by or before June 2, 2015.

The date for hearing motions to compel discovery, if any there may be, is extended for 

a period of forty-five (45) days, with said motions to be heard by or before June 2, 2015.

DATED: April 7, 2015 By: /s/ Carrie A. MacIntosh

Carrie A. MacIntosh

Attorney for Plaintiff

Geosphere Consultants, Inc.

DATED: April 7, 2015 By: /s/ Jason Thornton

Jason Thornton

Attorneys for Defendants 

Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of 

America and Barnhart-Balfour Beatty

ORDER

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

Dated: April 8, 2015

Ddad1\orders.civil

geosphere2026.stip.cont.sched.ord.docx

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