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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1109 Breach of Fiduciary Duties

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GEOFFREY V. WHITE (SBN. 068012) 

LAW OFFICE OF GEOFFREY V. WHITE 

351 California St., Suite 1500 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 362-5658 

Facsimile: (415) 362-4115 

Email: gvwhite@sprynet.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DAVID BARBOZA 

LOUIS A. GONZALEZ, JR. (SBN 157373) 

W. SCOTT CAMERON (SBN 229828) 

WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Flr. 

Telephone: (916) 558-6000 

Facsimile: (916) 446-1611 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 

PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 

PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS 

LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN; 

and CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATION 

INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. 

and KENNETH BLANTON, DENNIS 

CAMPANALE, GENE DANGEL, JAMES 

FLOYD, CHARLES GLUCK, 

BRIAN PINOMAKI, and WILLIAM 

SOQUI, Individually and as Plan Directors 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID BARBOZA, 

 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 

PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, 

et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. CIV S-08-02569 FCD GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: 

MODIFICATION TO PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

 

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 WHEREAS the Court issued it’s Pretrial Scheduling Order on February 29, 2009, which 

set the cut-off date for expert discovery at April 15, 2010 and the latest date for hearing 

dispositive motions as June 18, 2010; 

 WHEREAS one of Defendants’ primary counsel was deployed to Afghanistan in the Air 

National Guard for four months between September 2009 and January 2010, impacting the 

parties’ ability to complete all non-expert discovery early in the case; 

 WHEREAS several of the expert witnesses in this matter are accountants with very 

limited availability for deposition between March 15, 2010 and April 15, 2010, and other experts 

had previously scheduled trips out of the country during that time; 

 WHEREAS Defendants’ counsel was also unavailable for almost two weeks of this 

period due to a previously scheduled trip; 

 WHEREAS despite the best efforts and diligence of counsel for both Plaintiff and 

Defendants, several depositions of expert witnesses were not able to be completed before April 

15, 2010; 

 WHEREAS the parties have recently engaged in meaningful settlement discussions with 

a realistic potential for resolving most, if not all, of the issues in dispute in this matter; 

 WHEREAS the parties believe that mediation would significantly increase the likelihood 

of settlement and the parties are exploring mediation at this time; 

 WHEREAS the parties believe that mediating the case before the necessity of completing 

expert discovery and briefing dispositive motions would also likely increase the chances of 

resolving many, if not all, issues in dispute in this matter; 

 WHEREAS the parties believe that even if the case does not completely settle, several 

issues are likely to be resolved which would significantly streamline the issues that the Court 

must address in dispositive motions and potentially the trial of the case, thus easing the burden 

on the Court and reducing the expense to both parties; 

 WHEREAS the parties believe that they will be able to complete the settlement 

discussions and, if necessary, complete expert discovery and dispositive motions if any issues 

remain unresolved if they are given an additional 60 days; 

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 WHEREAS the parties believe that good cause exists for extending expert discovery and 

dispositive motions in this matter to allow the parties to resolve any issues that can be resolved 

without burdening the Court; 

 THEREFORE, THE PARTIES STIPULATE that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 16(b)(4), good cause exists for modifying the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order to 

allow an additional 60 days to complete expert discovery and dispositive motions, and that 

therefore the expert discovery cut-off date should be changed to June 25, 2010, and the last date 

to hear dispositive motions should be changed to August 20, 2010. Should these changes 

necessitate a change to the date of the trial and/or final pretrial conference in this matter, the 

parties stipulate that the anticipated resolution of at least some of the issues to be decided warrant 

such change. 

Dated: April 26, 2010 LAW OFFICE OF GEOFFREY V. WHITE 

By /S/ Geoffrey V. White 

 Geoffrey V. White, 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 DAVID BARBOZA 

Dated: April 26, 2010 WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK 

By: /S/ Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr.

 Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr. 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 

PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, 

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 

PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS 

LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN; 

CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATION 

INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., KENNETH 

BLANTON, DENNIS CAMPANALE, GENE 

DANGEL, JAMES, FLOYD, CHARLES 

GLUCK, BRIAN PINOMAKI and WILLIAM 

SOQUI. 

 

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ORDER

 As it appears that the parties are working diligently to resolve issues and streamline the 

issues in this matter and have been unable, despite their best efforts, to complete expert 

discovery in the time set by the Pretrial Scheduling Order, the Court finds that good cause exists 

for modifying its Pretrial Scheduling Order as follows: 

 IT IS SO ORDERED that the Pretrial Scheduling Order shall be amended to extend 

expert discovery to June 25, 2010, and to extend the last date to hear dispositive motions to 

August 20, 2010. As a result of these changes, the Final Pretrial Conference, previously set for 

August 27, 2010, is changed to October 29, 2010, at 2:00 p.m., and the trial previously set for 

November 2, 2010, is changed to January 25, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. 

DATE: April 27, 2010 

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