Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_10-cv-00291/USCOURTS-caed-2_10-cv-00291-5/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 150
Nature of Suit: Overpayments &amp; Enforcement of Judgments
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

---

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

No.: 2:10-cv-0291 FCD GGH – 1 – 

ORDER FOR RELIEF FROM SCHEDULING ORDER 

Michael J. Strumwasser (SBN 58413)

Fredric D. Woocher (SBN 96689) 

Jonathan D. Krop (SBN 263963) 

STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000 

Los Angeles, California 90024 

Telephone: +1 310 576 1233 

Facsimile: +1 310 319 0156 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY 

David C. Powell (SBN 129781) 

Jesse L. Miller (SBN 183229) 

Christopher C. Foster (SBN 253839) 

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269 

Attorneys for Defendants 

METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC 

and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., successor 

by merger to WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY,

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC; 

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.; and DOES 1 through 

25, 

 Defendants. 

No.: 2:10-CV-00291 FCD GGH

ORDER FOR RELIEF FROM 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

 

Date action removed: February 4, 2010 

Trial date: None set 

Case 2:10-cv-00291-MCE-CMK Document 37 Filed 07/25/11 Page 1 of 4
REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

No.: 2:10-cv-0291 FCD GGH – 2 – 

ORDER FOR RELIEF FROM SCHEDULING ORDER 

 WHEREAS the Verified Complaint for Damages, Restitution, Rescission, and Civil 

Penalties (“Complaint”) in this Action was filed in Sacramento County Superior Court on December 

31, 2009; 

 WHEREAS, simultaneous with the filing of the Complaint, Plaintiff California Earthquake 

Authority filed a Motion to Disqualify Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP as counsel for Defendants 

Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wachovia Bank, N.A. (collectively “Wachovia”); 

 WHEREAS Plaintiff’s Motion to Disqualify was granted by this Court’s Order of May 5, 

2010; 

 WHEREAS this Court’s Order of May 5, 2010 stayed the Action for forty-five days to permit 

Wachovia to obtain new counsel and required the parties to submit a joint status (pretrial scheduling) 

conference statement within twenty days of the substitution of new counsel; 

 WHEREAS this Court issued its Scheduling Order on August 3, 2010; 

 WHEREAS the Parties propounded document requests on one another on February 15, 2011 

and February 25, 2011, respectively; 

 WHEREAS, since that time, the Parties have been engaged in an ongoing meet and confer 

regarding the scope of discovery, which has included extensive and time-consuming technical 

analysis that has taken longer than initially anticipated; 

 WHEREAS the Parties are continuing to work towards such an agreement and anticipate that 

they will be able to reach such agreement that will substantially limit, if not eliminate, the necessity 

for court intervention in such party document discovery; 

 WHEREAS, while the Parties have been working diligently towards reaching such a 

stipulation, Mr. Strumwasser, lead trial counsel for Plaintiff has been serving as lead trial counsel in 

an administrative hearing continuously since December 2009, and that has had an unanticipated 

impact on the timing of the Parties’ stipulation; 

 WHEREAS the Parties mediated this case on multiple occasions prior to the filing of this 

lawsuit; 

 WHEREAS the Parties are of the belief that further mediation may be of benefit to the 

Parties in reaching resolution of this action; 

Case 2:10-cv-00291-MCE-CMK Document 37 Filed 07/25/11 Page 2 of 4
REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

No.: 2:10-cv-0291 FCD GGH – 3 – 

ORDER FOR RELIEF FROM SCHEDULING ORDER 

 WHEREAS the Parties are working towards agreement on when such mediation would be 

appropriate; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among Plaintiff California 

Earthquake Authority and Defendants Metropolitan West Securities LLC and Wachovia Bank, 

N.A., through the undersigned counsel, to jointly request relief from the present Scheduling Order in 

this case, and request that the presently scheduled dates be moved as followed, or in accordance with 

such schedule as the Court may allow: 

 

 Present Schedule Jointly Requested Schedule 

Discovery Cut-Off September 6, 2011 March 6, 2012 

Expert Witness Disclosures September 20, 2011 March 20, 2012 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures October 11, 2011 April 10, 2012 

Expert Discovery Cut-Off November 10, 2011 May 10, 2012 

Dispositive Motion Cut-Off January 13, 2012 July 13, 2012 

Final Pre-Trial Conference March 16, 2012 September 14, 2012, at 2:00 

p.m. 

Jury Trial May 22, 2012 November 27, 2012, at 9:00 

a.m. 

/ / / 

/ / / 

Case 2:10-cv-00291-MCE-CMK Document 37 Filed 07/25/11 Page 3 of 4
REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

No.: 2:10-cv-0291 FCD GGH – 4 – 

ORDER FOR RELIEF FROM SCHEDULING ORDER 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

 

 

 DATED: July 22, 2011. REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ 

David C. Powell 

Jesse L. Miller 

Christopher C. Foster 

Attorneys for Defendants Metropolitan West 

Securities, LLC and Wachovia Bank, N.A. 

 

 DATED: July 22, 2011 STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP 

 By______/s/__________________________________ 

Michael J. Strumwasser 

Fredric D. Woocher 

Jonathan D. Krop 

Attorneys for Plaintiff California Earthquake 

Authority 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: July 25, 2011 

Case 2:10-cv-00291-MCE-CMK Document 37 Filed 07/25/11 Page 4 of 4