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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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[PROPOSED] ORDER - CASE NO.: C09-04836 JSW 

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MICHAEL M.K. SEBREE #142649 

DAVID C. LEE #193743 

FITZGERALD ABBOTT & BEARDSLEY LLP 

1221 Broadway, 21st Floor 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 451-3300 

Facsimile: (510) 451-1527 

Email: msebree@fablaw.com; dlee@fablaw.com; 

Attorneys for Defendants Leo L. Cotella & Co., Inc., 

Donald N. Ratto and Benedetto Ratto, Jr. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO 

ABBATE FAMILY FARMS LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP, a California Limited 

Partnership 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

LEO L. COTELLA & CO., INC., a California 

corporation; DONALD N. RATTO, an 

individual; BENEDETTO RATTO, JR., an 

individual, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C09-04836 JSW 

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING 

STIPULATION CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

WHEREAS the parties acknowledge that Defendant Leo L. Cotella & Company intends 

to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy within the next week thereby automatically staying Plaintiff's 

action against that Defendant; 

WHEREAS David C. Lee of the law firm of Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP, on 

behalf of Defendants, and Joseph Choate of the law firm Choate & Choate, on behalf of Abbate 

Family Farms Limited Partnership, have reached a stipulation to continue the case management 

conference currently scheduled for March 26, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., for thirty (30) days to address 

the ramifications of Defendant Leo L. Cotella Company's bankruptcy filing on the remainder of 

the case; 

WHEREAS it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that good cause exists to 

approve the parties' stipulation; 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the case management conference currently 

scheduled for March 26, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., is continued to April 23, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

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March 23, 2010

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