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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND CASE DEADLINES 1

U.S. v. Soper-Wheeler, No. 15-cv-1983 WBS-CKD

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

COLLEEN M. KENNEDY

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for the United States 

MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME LLP

RICHARD S. LINKERT

JACK A. KLAUSCHIE, JR.

JULIA M. REEVES

3638 American River Drive

Sacramento, CA 95864

Telephone: (916) 978-3434

Facsimile: (916) 978-3430

Attorneys for Defendant Soper-Wheeler Company, LLC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

v.

SOPER-WHEELER COMPANY, LLC,

 Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:15-cv-01983 WBS-CKD

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND CASE 

DEADLINES

The United States and Defendant Soper-Wheeler Company, LLC, by and through their 

respective counsel, stipulate and respectfully request the continuation of the deadlines set by the 

Court’s January 14, 2016 Pretrial Scheduling Order in this matter (“Order”) (Dkt. 8), in order to 

conserve the resources and time of the Court, all parties, and all witnesses and to account for the 

parties’ efforts to reach a resolution of this action. 

The parties to this action have been pursuing a possible settlement since early this year. 

The parties made some progress through bilateral discussions and then began to consider the 

possibility of mediation. In mid-May 2016, the parties formally agreed to mediate the case and 

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subsequently secured a June 29, 2016 mediation date with a mutually-agreed-upon private 

mediator. The mediation was productive, and the Defendant and its insurer are currently 

considering a proposed resolution. Vacation schedules and the need for approval of certain 

higher-level individuals at Defendant’s insurer have delayed a final response, but the parties are 

hopeful that a settlement may be reached in the next several weeks. 

In light of the ongoing productive settlement discussions, the parties have been reluctant 

to propound extensive discovery that may cause both sides to incur significant time and expense 

that may ultimately prove unnecessary. On the other hand, if a settlement is not reached after 

delays in obtaining a response from Defendant’s insurer, the parties will be left with only a short 

time to complete fact and expert discovery, and their ability to do so in an orderly and efficient 

fashion may be compromised. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request to continue the 

schedule set in the Court’s Order for approximately two months, in order to conserve the 

resources of the parties, as well as witnesses who would be called to give depositions or prepare 

expert reports, and to conserve any judicial resources that may be needed to resolve any 

discovery disputes that may arise. The current and proposed schedules are provided below for 

the Court’s reference.

The parties will promptly inform the Court if and when any settlement in principle is 

reached and will advise the Court at that time of the time needed to finalize and file dispositional 

documents. 

Current Proposed

Expert Disclosures October 19, 2016 December 14, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures November 21, 2016 January 23, 2017

Discovery Completed December 19, 2016 February 21, 2017

Motions Filed February 17, 2017 April 14, 2017

Final Pretrial Conference May 8, 2017 July 17, 2017, 1:30 pm

Trial (jury trial, five to ten days) July 11, 2017 September 19, 2017 at 9:00 am

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Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 28, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

By: /s/ Colleen M. Kennedy 

COLLEEN M. KENNEDY

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Dated: July 28, 2016 MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME LLP

By: /s/ Jack A. Klauschie, Jr.

JACK A. KLAUSCHIE, JR.

Attorneys for Defendant 

Soper-Wheeler Company, LLC

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2016

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