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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 ORDER CONTINUING CIT'S

MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES

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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

BRIAN R. BLACKMAN, Cal. Bar No. 196996 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4109 

Telephone: 415-434-9100 

Facsimile: 415-434-3947 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

SCOTT B. LIEBERMAN, Cal. Bar No. 208764 

RUBEN D. ESCALANTE, Cal. Bar No. 244596 

AARON M. FENNIMORE, Cal. Bar No. 251602 

650 Town Center Drive, 4th Floor 

Costa Mesa, California 92626-1993 

Telephone: 714-513-5100 

Facsimile: 714-513-5130 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE CIT GROUP, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

MASTODON INVESTMENTS, GREG 

RAFFETTO, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CIT GROUP INC., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:08-CV-392 FCD KJM PS 

Assigned to:

The Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE THE HEARING DATE AND 

RELATED DEADLINES IN 

CONNECTION WITH CIT'S MOTION 

FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES 

[L.R. 230(f)] 

Hearing Information: 

Date: August 6, 2010 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Crtrm: 2 

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

WHEREAS, the Court entered Judgment in favor of defendant The CIT Group Inc. 

("CIT") and against plaintiffs on May 4, 2010; 

WHEREAS, defendant CIT filed a Motion for Award of Attorneys' Fees (the "Motion") on 

June 1, 2010; 

WHEREAS, CIT noticed its Motion for hearing on July 9, 2010; 

WHEREAS, on June 28, 2010, the Court issued an Order and Order to Show Cause (the 

"Order") continuing the hearing date on the Motion to August 6, 2010 and ordering plaintiffs 

Gregory Raffetto, Gaylon TeSlaa and Sara TeSlaa ("Plaintiffs") to show cause why they should 

not each be sanctioned for failing to file an opposition or notice of non-opposition to the Motion; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order, Plaintiffs' deadline to oppose the Motion and respond 

to the OSC is July 23, 2010, and CIT's deadline to file a reply in support of the Motion is July 30, 

2010; 

WHEREAS, the parties are currently negotiating a final settlement of all claims in this 

litigation, and each of them believe in good faith that continuing the hearing on the Motion and 

related deadlines would help facilitate settlement; 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to continue the 

hearing to August 20, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2 of the above-entitled Court. Plaintiffs 

will file and serve their Opposition to CIT's Motion, assuming the parties do not reach settlement, 

no later than August 6, 2010. CIT will file and serve its Reply no later than August 13, 2010. 

THEREFORE, pursuant to Local Rule 230(f), the parties respectfully request that the 

Court continue the hearing on CIT's Motion for Award of Attorneys' Fees to August 20, 2010, or 

as soon thereafter as the Court is available. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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Dated: July 22, 2010 

 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Aaron M. Fennimore 

 BRIAN R. BLACKMAN 

AARON M. FENNIMORE 

Attorney for Defendant 

THE CIT GROUP, INC. 

DATED: July ___, 2010 

By:_________/s/__________________________ 

GREGORY RAFFETTO 

DATED: July ___, 2010 

By:_________/s/__________________________ 

 DR. GAYLON TESLAA 

DATED: July ___, 2010 

By:________/s/___________________________ 

 SARA TESLAA 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that the hearing on CIT's Motion for 

Award of Attorneys' Fees is further continued from August 6, 2010 to August 20, 2010, at 10:00 

a.m. in Courtroom 2 before the Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr., located at 501 I Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. 

Dated: July 23, 2010

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