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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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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE 

AND STAY CASE PENDING MEDIATION - 3:14-cv-03254-VC

BENNETT J. LEE (Bar No. 230482)

NICHOLAS A. MERRELL (Bar No. 240795)

VARELA, LEE, METZ & GUARINO, LLP

333 Bush Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: 415-623-7000

Facsimile: 415-623-7001

blee@vlmglaw.com

nmerrell@vlmglaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GILBANE FEDERAL f/k/a 

ITSI GILBANE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Gilbane Federal f/k/a ITSI Gilbane

Company, a California corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

United Infrastructure Projects FZCO, a 

foreign corporation; United Infrastructure 

Projects SAL (Offshore) Lebanon, a foreign 

corporation; and United Infrastructure 

Projects Djibouti SARL, a foreign 

corporation.

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-03254-VC

STIPULATION IN SUPPORT OF

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO 

CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND STAY 

CASE PENDING MEDIATION

Pursuant to Rule 7-12 of the Civil Local Rules of the Northern District of California, 

Plaintiff Gilbane Federal f/k/a ITSI Gilbane Company and Defendants United Infrastructure 

Projects FZCO, United Infrastructure Projects SAL (Offshore) Lebanon and United Infrastructure 

Projects Djibouti SARL hereby submit the following stipulation and request for enlargement of 

trial and pretrial deadlines and for a limited stay of the lawsuit pending mediation.

After meeting and conferring to identify a mediator with construction experience, and 

with the assistance of the Court’s ADR Unit, Richard Warren has been appointed as a mediator. 

However, because of Mr. Warren’s schedule, mediation cannot occur until the first two weeks of 

AND ORDER AS MODIFIED

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE 

AND STAY CASE PENDING MEDIATION - 3:14-cv-03254-VC

October 2015. The parties intend to engage in the limited exchange of documents in advance of 

mediation, but otherwise do not wish to incur additional litigation costs in the interim, which 

would frustrate the possibility of settlement. Nor do the parties wish to compress pretrial 

preparation into a short period of time at the end of 2015. Accordingly, the parties respectfully 

request that the Court issue a revised scheduling order that extends the trial and pretrial deadlines 

by approximately three months, which is roughly equal to the difference between when mediation 

was originally scheduled to occur (in July 2015) and when in will actually occur (in October 

2015). 

In addition, the parties request that the case be stayed pending mediation, with a limited 

exception: that any party may apply to the Court for an order compelling production of 

documents under FRCP 34 to the extent that the parties have agreed in writing to produce certain 

categories of documents voluntarily in advance of mediation. In any such case, any motion to 

compel production of documents shall not exceed five pages, and any opposition brief shall not 

exceed five pages. No reply brief shall be permitted. If, by July 1, 2015, the parties fail to reach 

agreement with respect to the limited categories of documents to be voluntarily produced prior to 

mediation, the parties may pursue any discovery allowed under FRCP 34, but the stay shall 

remain in place in all other respects through mediation.

Following completion of mediation, the stay shall be lifted and litigation may proceed in 

accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Court’s April 21, 2015 scheduling 

order. But it should be noted that Gilbane no longer intends to file a motion to disqualify 

Defendants’ counsel. Also, the parties note that although they requested a two-week trial in their 

joint case management conference statement, the Court ordered that trial be completed in four 

days. The parties request that the Court consider a compromise of allowing 7 court days for trial. 

Below is the parties’ proposed amended pretrial and trial schedule:

Initial Expert Discovery: Due February 2, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Discovery: Due March 2, 2016

Close of Expert Discovery: Due April 5, 2016

Close of Fact Discovery: Due April 5, 2016

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE 

AND STAY CASE PENDING MEDIATION - 3:14-cv-03254-VC

Dispositive Motion Hearing: Set for May 5, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 4

Final Pretrial Conference: Set for July 11, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 4

Jury Selection: Set for July 27, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

Jury Trial: Set for August 1, 2016 through August 4, 2016, and August 

8, 2016 through August 10, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 

4.

(The parties note that the issue of whether the trial shall be a jury trial is one that is still pending 

and that the Defendants may file a motion on the issue). 

Dated: June 5, 2015 VARELA, LEE, METZ & GUARINO, LLP

 

By: /s/ Nicholas A. Merrell

Bennett J. Lee

Nicholas A. Merrell

Attorneys for Plaintiff Gilbane Federal f/k/a ITSI 

Gilbane Company

Dated: June 5, 2015 GORDON & REES, LLP

 

By: /s/ Jessica L. Clouse

Gregory J. Gangitano

Jessica L. Clouse

Ronan J. McHugh (Pro Hac)

Attorneys for Defendants 

United Infrastructure Projects FZCO, 

United Infrastructure Projects SAL (Offshore) Lebanon 

and United Infrastructure Projects Djibouti SARL

 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date:______________ _________________________________________

The Honorable Judge Vince Chhabria

The length of trial will be determined at the pretrial conference. June 12, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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