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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING EXTENSIONS OF TIME: REQUEST FOR ORDER 

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STEVENS & O’CONNELL LLP 

GEORGE L. O’CONNELL (SBN 74037) 

DAVID A. CHEIT (SBN 121379) 

STEVEN S. KIMBALL (SBN 154925)

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1400 

Sacramento, California 95814-4498 

Telephone: (916) 329-9111 

Facsimile: (916) 329-9110 

PERKINS COIE LLP 

KEITH GERRARD (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

RICHARD C. COYLE (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

BRENDAN MURPHY (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 

Seattle, WA 98101-3099 

Telephone: (206) 359-8000 

Facsimile: (206) 359-9000 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Turbomeca, S.A. (f/k/a La Societe Anonyme 

Turbomeca France) and Turbomeca USA, Inc. 

(f/k/a Turbomeca Engine Corporation) 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

TURBOMECA, S.A., a French Corporation, 

LA SOCIETE ANONYME TURBOMECA 

FRANCE, a French Corporation, 

TURBOMECA USA, a Texas Corporation, 

TURBOMECA ENGINE CORPORATION, a 

Texas corporation, 

 Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:07-CV-01398 WBS DAD 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING EXTENSION OF TIME: (1) 

TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; (2) FOR 

RULE 26(F) CONFERENCE; AND (3) TO 

SERVE INITIAL DISCLOSURES; 

REQUEST FOR ORDER CONTINUING 

INITIAL (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

CONFERENCE 

Plaintiff County of Sacramento ("Plaintiff") and Defendants Turbomeca, S.A. (f/k/a La 

Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France) and Turbomeca USA, Inc. (f/k/a Turbomeca Engine 

Corporation) (collectively, "Defendants") hereby stipulate and seek an order of the Court 

extending certain deadlines in the above-entitled matter, as follows: 

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On October 10, 2007, pursuant to a stipulation of the parties filed on October 5, 2007, the 

Court entered an Order that extended the deadline for the filing of a responsive pleading by 

defendant Turbomeca USA, Inc. to correspond with the initial deadline for filing of a responsive 

pleading by defendant Turbomeca S,A., which had not yet been served. The Order also 

established corresponding deadlines, following the anticipated filing of responsive pleadings by 

both defendants, for the completion of the Rule 26(f) conference of the parties and the exchange 

of initial disclosures, and set the Initial Scheduling Conference for February 25, 2008. The 

purpose of the Stipulation and Order was to allow plaintiff time to effect service of its complaint 

on Turbomeca S.A. via the Hague Convention, and to permit the simultaneous filings of 

responsive pleadings by Turbomeca S.A. and by defendant Turbomeca USA, Inc. 

Plaintiff has now attempted to effect service on Turbomeca S.A., and while the parties 

dispute the validity of the attempted service, Turbomeca S.A. is willing to proceed with the filing 

of an answer notwithstanding any potential defects in service. No responsive pleadings have yet 

been filed by either defendant, and therefore the parties are not yet in a position to conduct their 

Rule 26(f) conference or to submit a proposed discovery plan and related information to the Court 

for its use in entering a scheduling order. However, the parties have agreed on a schedule for the 

filing of answers by both defendants, as well as the subsequent Rule 26(f) conference and 

exchange of initial disclosures, and by this Stipulation they request that the Court enter its order 

adopting the proposed schedule and resetting the Initial Scheduling Conference, as set forth 

herein. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows: 

That the deadline for the filing of answers by defendants Turbomeca S.A. and Turbomeca 

USA, Inc. is extended to March 14, 2008. 

That the deadline for completion of the Rule 26(f) conference of the parties is extended to 

April 18, 2008; 

That the deadline for the exchange of initial disclosures is extended to May 2, 2008; and 

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That the initial scheduling conference currently set for February 25, 2008 is continued to a 

date no earlier than May 5, 2008. 

Dated: February 14, 2008 STEVENS & O’CONNELL, LLP 

 By /s/ David A. Cheit 

 

DAVID A. CHEIT 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 Turbomeca, S.A. (f/k/a La Societe Anonyme 

 Turbomeca France) and Turbomeca USA, 

 Inc. (f/k/a Turbomeca Engine Corporation) 

 

Dated: February 14, 2008 LENAHAN, LEE, 

SLATER & PEARSE, LLP 

 By /s/ Charleton S. Pearse (authorized 2-14-08) 

 CHARLETON S. PEARSE 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

County of Sacramento 

ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

(1) The deadline for the filing of answers by Defendants Turbomeca S.A. (f/k/a La 

Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France) and Turbomeca USA (f/k/a Turbomeca Engine 

Corporation) is extended to March 14, 2008; 

(2) The Initial Conference of the Parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) 

shall occur no later than April 18, 2008; 

(3) The Initial Disclosures of the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(a)(1) shall occur no later than May 2, 2008; and 

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(4) The Status (Initial Scheduling) Conference currently scheduled for February 25, 2008 

is vacated, and will be rescheduled to take place on May 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.

Dated: February 14, 2008 

 

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that on February 15, 2008 I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING EXTENSION OF TIME: (1) 

TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; (2) FOR RULE 26(F) CONFERENCE; AND (3) TO 

SERVE INITIAL DISCLOSURES; REQUEST FOR ORDER CONTINUING INITIAL 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE 

to be electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which sent a 

Notice of Electronic Filing to the following persons: 

Charleton S. Pearse cpearse@lenahanlaw.net 

Kathleen Staker kstaker@lenahanlaw.net 

Lenahan, Lee, Slater & Pearse, LLP 

1030 15th Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

 Dated: February 14, 2008 

 /s/ Donna Williams 

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