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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP 

5 RIVER PARK PLACE EAST

FRESNO, CA 93720-1501 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER REGARDING HEARING ON MOTION TO BIFURCATE 

1:08-CV-01539-LJO-SKO 

James P. Wagoner, # 058553 

Annette A. Ballatore-Williamson, # 192176 

Amy K. Cobb, # 269523 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

P.O. Box 28912 

5 River Park Place East 

Fresno, CA 93720-1501 

Telephone: (559) 433-1300 

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY 

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, 

a Delaware Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:08-cv-01539-LJO-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING HEARING ON MOTION TO 

BIFURCATE 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Defendant SENTRY SELECT 

INSURANCE COMPANY (“SENTRY”) and PLAINTIFF LEXINGTON INSURANCE 

COMPANY (“LEXINGTON”) in this action, through their respective attorneys, as follows: 

1. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 9, 2010, the Pretrial Motion Filing 

Deadline was scheduled for July 1, 2010, and the Pretrial Motion Hearing Deadline was 

scheduled for August 4, 2010. 

2. On July 1, 2010, Lexington filed a Motion to Bifurcate. Based upon the fact that 

Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto hears motions on Fridays, only, and given that 28 days notice 

is required, the earliest hearing date upon which this motion could be heard was Friday, July 30, 

2010. However, due to unintentional error on Lexington’s counsel’s part, Lexington scheduled 

the Motion to Bifurcate for the hearing date of Friday, August 6, 2010. 

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3. On Friday, July 9, 2010, counsel for Lexington first realized that the hearing date 

scheduled for the motion was two days past the Scheduling Order hearing deadline of August 4, 

2010. Therefore, on Monday, July 12, 2010, counsel for Lexington contacted counsel for Sentry 

to address this issue, the result of which is the instant stipulation. 

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED as follows: 

1. The hearing date on Lexington’s Motion to Bifurcate may be advanced from 

August 6, 2010, to July 30, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 8, before the 

Honorable Sheila K. Oberto. 

2. Sentry may file its Opposition on or before July 23, 2010, the date it was otherwise 

due in relation to the original August 6, 2010 hearing date. 

3. Lexington may file its Reply brief on or before July 27, 2010. 

ALTERNATIVELY, the parties stipulate and agree that the Pretrial Hearing Deadline of 

August 4, 2010, may be modified for the limited purpose of allowing Lexington’s Motion to 

Bifurcate to be heard on August 6, 2010, as originally noticed. 

Dated: July 12, 2010 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD,

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By:_/s/ Annette A. Ballatore-Williamson___

James P. Wagoner 

Annette A. Ballatore-Williamson 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY 

Dated: July 12, 2010 SELMAN BREITMAN, LLP

By:_ /s/ Linda Wendell Hsu_______________ Linda Wendell Hsu 

Vanessa L. O’Brien 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY 

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ORDER

The Court will GRANT the parties’ stipulated request to hear Lexington’s Motion to 

Bifurcate on shortened notice, but orders a different briefing schedule. To provide the Court with 

adequate time to review the briefs, any reply brief filed on behalf of Lexington must be filed on or 

before July 26, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Lexington’s Motion to Bifurcate shall be heard on July 30, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in 

Courtroom 8, before the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto; 

2. Sentry may file its Opposition on or before July 23, 2010; and 

3. Lexington may file its Reply brief on or before July 26, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 12, 2010 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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