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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION CASE NO.: 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

JUDITH (“JULIE”) CLARK MARTIN, (173557), JCMartin@ljdfa.com

LA FOLLETTE, JOHNSON, 

DE HAAS, FESLER & AMES

655 University Avenue, Suite 119

Sacramento, California 95825

Phone: (916) 563-3100

Facsimile: (916) 565-3704

Attorneys for Defendants,

NCMIC Insurance Company, NCMIC GROUP, INC.

and NCMIC INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

F. JOSEPH UPTAIN-VILLA, DC,

Plaintiff,

v.

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, a New Jersey

C orporation; THE PRUDEN TIA L

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,

a New Jersey Corporation; NCMIC

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Iowa

Corporation; NCMIC GROUP, INC, an

Iowa Corporation,

 Defendants.

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CASE NO. 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff, F. JOSEPH UPTAIN-VILLA,

DC, by and through his attorney of record, Erik E. Child, and NCMIC INSURANCE COMPANY,

NCMIC GROUP, INC., and NCMIC INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., agree and stipulate as

follows:

1. That as NCMIC GROUP, INC., is nothing more than a holding corporation, and that

NCMIC GROUP, INC., may be dismissed from the instant action without prejudice because it was

not involved in the conduct at issue in this case; and 

2. That the Second Cause of Action (Intentional Misrepresentation), and the Fourth 

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STIPULATION CASE NO.: 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

Cause of Action (Violation of USC §1962(b)(d) of RICO) contained in the First Amended

Complaint will be dismissed without prejudice.

DATED: February 25, 2008 LA FOLLETTE, JOHNSON,

DE HAAS, FESLER & AMES

/s/

By:________________________

JULIE CLARK MARTIN

Attorneys for Defendants,

NCMIC Insurance Company, NCMIC

G R O U P , IN C . an d N C M I C

INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

DATED: February 22, 2008 LAW OFFICES OF ERIK E. CHILD

/s/

By:_________________________

ERIK E. CHILD

Attorney for Plaintiff

F. JOSEPH UPTAIN-VILLA, DC

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[PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

JUDITH (“JULIE”) CLARK MARTIN, (173557), JCMartin@ljdfa.com

LA FOLLETTE, JOHNSON, 

DE HAAS, FESLER & AMES

655 University Avenue, Suite 119

Sacramento, California 95825

Phone: (916) 563-3100

Facsimile: (916) 565-3704

Attorneys for Defendants,

NCMIC Insurance Company, NCMIC GROUP, INC.

and NCMIC INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

F. JOSEPH UPTAIN-VILLA, DC,

Plaintiff,

v.

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, a New Jersey

C orporation; THE PRUD EN TIA L

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,

a New Jersey Corporation; NCMIC

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Iowa

Corporation; NCMIC GROUP, INC, an

Iowa Corporation,

 Defendants.

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CASE NO. 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

 ORDER

The court has reviewed the Stipulation of plaintiff, F. JOSEPH UPTAIN-VILLA, DC and

NCMIC INSURANCE COMPANY, NCMIC GROUP, INC., and NCMIC INSURANCE

SERVICES, INC., and based thereon, orders the following:

1. That NCMIC GROUP, INC., shall be dismissed without prejudice as NCMIC

GROUP, INC. was not involved in the conduct at issue in this case; and

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[PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

2. That plaintiff's second claim for intentional misrepresentation and fourth claim for

violation of Section 1962(b)(d) of RICCO are dismissed without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED: 03/04/2008

/s/ Ronald S. W. Lew________

JUDGE RONALD S.W. LEW

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[PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

PROOF OF SERVICE

RE: Uptain-Villa v. Prudential Financial 

USDC-ED Case No.: 2:07-CV-01716-LEW-JFM

I am a citizen of the United States. My business address is 655 University Avenue, Suite

119, Sacramento, California 95825. I am employed in the City and County of Sacramento where

this service occurs. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. I am readily

familiar with my employer’s normal business practice for collection and processing of

correspondence for mailing with the U.S. Postal Service, and that practice is that correspondence

is deposited with the U.S. Postal Service the same day as the day of collection in the ordinary

course of business.

On March 4, 2008, following ordinary business practice, I served a true copy of the

foregoing document(s) described as: 

STIPULATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

[x] BY ELECTRONIC FILING USING THE COURT’S ELECTRONIC FILING

SYSTEM which constitutes service of the filed document on the addressee(s) listed below:

Erik E. Child

Law Offices of Erik E. Child

101 Parkshore Drive, Ste. 205

Folsom, CA 95630

916-932-2170

916-932-2171 Fax

echild@bprlaw.net

Attorney for Plaintiff

Robert J. McKennon

Scott Calvert

Barger & Wolen LLP

19800 MacArthur Blvd., 8 Floor th

Irvine, CA 92612

949-757-2800

949-752-6313 Fax

rmckennon@barwol.com

Attorney for Defendants Prudential Financial,

Inc., and The Prudential Insurance Company of

America

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the

foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this 4 day of March , 2008, at Sacramento, California. TH

/s/

____________________________

Erika Arends

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