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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE VDRP SESSION – CASE NO. 1:14-CV-01377 GEB

CRAIG A. MILLER (SBN 116030)

cmiller@craigmillerlaw.com

PATRICK A. CALHOON (SBN 249149) 

pcalhoon@craigmillerlaw.com

225 Broadway, Suite 1310

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 231-9449

Facsimile: (619) 231-8638

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

HAROLD and DOROTHY BENNETT and 

DOROTHY PICKERING as Conservator of the Person 

and Estate of Harold Bennett

STEPHEN M. HAYES (SBN 83583)

shayes@hayesscott.com

STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON (SBN 136505)

sellingson@hayesscott.com

LAUREN M. CASE (SBN 280629)

lcase@hayesscott.com

HAYES SCOTT BONINO 

ELLINGSON & McLAY, LLP

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 480

Redwood City, California 94065

Telephone: 650.637.9100

Facsimile: 650.637.8071

Attorneys for Defendant

STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (FRESNO DIVISION)

HAROLD and DOROTHY BENNETT,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY, and DOES 1 through 100, 

inclusive,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:14-CV-01377 GEB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE VDRP SESSION

DEADLINE

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REVISING COURT’S SCHEDULE ORDER – CASE NO. 1:14-

CV-01377 GEB

Plaintiffs and State Farm General Insurance Company (“State Farm”), by and through their 

respective counsel, hereby jointly request an order to continue the Voluntary Dispute Resolution 

Program (“VDRP”) session deadline as follows:

I.

RECITALS

1. Cynthia Larson, Esq. of the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffee, LLP is 

appointed to conduct the VDRP session in this matter. The deadline to complete the VDRP session 

is November 19, 2015. The VDRP session is presently scheduled for November 18, 2015 in 

Sacramento, California.

2. On November 4, 2015, State Farm learned that a conflict developed with the

November 18, 2015 session. Counsel for State Farm promptly notified plaintiffs’ counsel as well as 

the office of Ms. Larsen, and offered four new proposed dates for the VDRP session. Ms. Larsen’s 

office responded that day stating that Ms. Larsen has a conflict with two of the proposed dates. On 

that same day, plaintiffs’ counsel informed the office of Ms. Larsen and State Farm’s attorneys that 

they have conflicts with the other dates proposed by State Farm. Plaintiffs’ counsel further informed 

State Farm’s counsel and Ms. Larsen’s office that the session will be more meaningful once the 

depositions of two key witnesses are completed. Those depositions are presently scheduled for 

December 9, 2016. State Farm’s counsel does not disagree that the December 9, 2015 depositions 

will help the parties better understand the case for purposes of conducting a meaningful VDRP 

session.

3. The parties met and conferred with one another as well as the office of Ms. Larsen

regarding alternative dates to complete the VDRP session. Due to the scheduling conflicts between 

the parties and Ms. Larsen, it was impossible to schedule an alternative date to conduct the VDRP 

session prior to the deadline of November 19, 2015. Due to other scheduling conflicts, as well as the 

holidays in November and December, the parties agreed that rescheduling the session for January 

2016 would be prudent. 

4. The parties are informed that Ms. Larsen is available on January 19, 2016 and January 

21, 2016. The parties have agreed to complete the VDRP session on either January 19, 2016 or 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REVISING COURT’S SCHEDULE ORDER – CASE NO. 1:14-

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January 21, 2016. The parties do not anticipate any further requests for continuances for the VDRP 

session.

II.

REQUEST FOR ORDER TO CONTINUE VDRP COMPLETION DEADLINE

Based on the foregoing recitals, the parties hereby request an order to continue the date to 

complete the VDRP session until January 29, 2016.

Dated: November 10, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF CRAIG A. MILLER

By_ /s/ Patrick A. Calhoon 

CRAIG A. MILLER

PATRICK A. CALHOON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

HAROLD and DOROTHY BENNETT

Dated: November 10, 2015 HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON & McLAY, LLP 

By /s/ Stephen P. Ellingson

STEPHEN M. HAYES

STEPHEN P. ELLINGSON

LAUREN M. CASE

Attorneys for Defendant

STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REVISING COURT’S SCHEDULE ORDER – CASE NO. 1:14-

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the deadline to complete VDRP session is January 29, 

2016.

Dated: November 10, 2015

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