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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 29:1109 Breach of Fiduciary Duties

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ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN 

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EMERY, P.C.

100 Stony Point Road, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1566, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1566

Telephone: (707) 542-5050 Facsimile (707) 542-2589

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; Case No. 3:16-cv-04020 (WHA)

LEWIS R. WARREN, ESQ. (SBN 115411)

lwarren@abbeylaw.com

MICHAEL R. WANSER, ESQ. (SBN 283822)

mwanser@abbeylaw.com

ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY, P.C.

100 Stony Point Road, Suite 200

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Telephone: (707) 542-5050

Facsimile: (707) 542-2589

Attorneys for JOE C. GREENBERG and

NICHOLAS CLAUSSEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CROP PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC., a 

Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOEY C. GREENBERG, an individual; and 

NICHOLAS CLAUSSEN,

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:16-cv-04020 (WHA)

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER 

CONTINUING THE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Action Filed: July 15, 2016

STIPULATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), Defendants Joey C. Greenberg and Nicholas Claussen 

(collectively, the “Defendants”) on the one hand, and Plaintiff Crop Production Services, Inc. 

(“Plaintiff”), on the other hand, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby submit 

this Stipulated Request for Order Continuing the Date of the Initial Case Management 

Conference, currently set for October 13, 2016, to November 10, 2016, and state as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its initial Complaint in this matter on July 15, 2016;

WHEREAS, on July 19, 2016, prior to Defendants being served with the Complaint, the 

Court issued an initial Case Management Scheduling Order setting the initial Case Management 

Conference for October 13, 2016;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its First Amended Complaint on August 1, 2016;

WHEREAS, Defendants were served with process in this matter on August 25, 2016;

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ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN 

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EMERY, P.C.

100 Stony Point Road, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1566, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1566

Telephone: (707) 542-5050 Facsimile (707) 542-2589

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; Case No. 3:16-cv-04020 (WHA)

WHEREAS, Lewis Warren and Michael Wanser of Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren, & 

Emery, P.C., were retained in this matter by Defendants on or about September 14, 2016;

WHEREAS, as more fully discussed in the accompanying Declaration of Lewis Warren, 

Mr. Warren is lead trial counsel for the Defendants and will be out of the country on the date 

presently set for the initial Case Management Conference due to a long-standing vacation, which 

was scheduled long before the Defendants were served in this matter and long before Mr. Warren 

was retained as their counsel;

WHEREAS, Mr. Warren has a substantive hearing in a matter in Sonoma County Superior 

Court scheduled for the morning of November 3, 2016;

WHEREAS, on September 22, 2016, the parties met and conferred in accordance with 

FRCP Rule 26(f), and, during that conference, Defendants requested and Plaintiff consented to a 

continuance to November 10, 2016, for the initial Case Management Conference;

WHEREAS, the Parties have previously stipulated to a two-week extension of time for 

Defendants to respond to the First Amended Complaint [ECF No. 28] and, except for the 

foregoing, no other time modifications have been requested in this case; and

WHEREAS, the requested modification of the initial Case Management Conference date 

will also extend the date by which the parties must file the Joint Case Management Statement in 

accordance with FRCP Rule 26(f) and Northern District Local Rule 16-9 and, except for the 

foregoing, the requested modification will not materially affect the schedule in the instant case.

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ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN 

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100 Stony Point Road, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1566, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1566

Telephone: (707) 542-5050 Facsimile (707) 542-2589

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; Case No. 3:16-cv-04020 (WHA)

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through 

their respective counsel, that the parties request the Court to enter an Order changing the date of 

the Initial Case Management Conference from October 13, 2016, to November 10, 2016.

Dated: September 29, 2016 ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN &

EMERY

/s/ Lewis Warren

Lewis Warren

Michael R. Wanser

Attorneys for JOEY C. GREENBERG and

NICHOLAS CLAUSSEN

BRYAN CAVE LLP

/s/ Thomas S. Lee

Robert A. Padway

Michael J. Hoffman

Thomas S. Lee

Attorney for Plaintiff CROP PRODUCTION

SERVICES, INC.

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ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN 

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EMERY, P.C.

100 Stony Point Road, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1566, Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1566

Telephone: (707) 542-5050 Facsimile (707) 542-2589

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; Case No. 3:16-cv-04020 (WHA)

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, the initial Case Management 

Conference and all associated deadlines shall be continued to November 10, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, San Francisco, California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

HON. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

September 29, 2016.

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