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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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FOURTH STIPULATION AND ORDER TO AMEND THE CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

PA/52175120.1

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

THOMAS E. KUHNLE (SBN 178055) 

AARON SCHUR (SBN 229566) 

1900 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2223 

Telephone: (650) 849-4400 

Facsimile: (650) 849-4800 

Attorneys for Defendant Mitsubishi Motors North 

America, Inc. and Defendant, Counterclaimant, and 

Cross-claimant Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, 

Inc.

DUANE M. GECK (SBN 114823) 

DAVID E. PINCH (SBN 124851) 

SEVERSON & WERSON, P.C. 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 398-3344 

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439 

Attorneys for Defendant, Counterclaimant, and Crossclaimant Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

UKIAH AUTOMOTIVE INVESTMENTS, d.b.a. 

UKIAH MITSUBISHI, a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

MITSUBISHI MOTORS OF NORTH 

AMERICA, INC. AND MITSUBISHI MOTORS 

CREDIT OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., and 

DOES 1 through 33, inclusive, 

Defendants.

No. C-04-03932 MMC 

FOURTH STIPULATION AND 

ORDER TO AMEND THE CASE 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

AND RELATED ACTIONS 

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FOURTH STIPULATION AND ORDER TO AMEND THE CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

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This Fourth Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Amend the Case Scheduling 

Order is agreed to and submitted by Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Ukiah Automotive 

Investments (“UAI”), Defendant Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (“MMNA”), Cross 

Defendant and Cross-Claimant Thomas Cogliano, and Defendant, Counter-Claimant, CrossClaimant and Cross-Defendant Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. (“MMCA”). The 

need for this Fourth Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Amend the Case Scheduling Order 

based on the following facts: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, all parties stipulate to 

amend the current case schedule; 

WHEREAS, due to dire illness to a family member, counsel for UAI and 

Cogliano have not been able to exchange expert reports on the date set forth in the Pretrial 

Preparation Order, as amended, and have been unable to participate in in-person meet and confer 

sessions to resolve the pending five motions to compel; 

WHEREAS, the parties understand from a calendar clerk that Judge Chesney’s 

trial calendar is filled until January 2007; 

WHEREAS, the parties have explored all possible ways to avoid resetting the 

April 3, 2006 trial date for this action, but do not believe maintaining that trial date can occur 

without materially prejudicing the parties; 

WHEREAS, the parties propose below a trial date of July 10, 2006, with the 

understanding that trial of this action would trail behind trial of a previously-set matter; 

NOW, THEREFORE, subject to the Court’s approval, MMNA and MMCA on 

the one hand, and UAI and Cogliano on the other hand, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. All dates in the Pretrial Preparation Order, as amended, are hereby VACATED 

and reset as set forth below. 

2. The parties shall exchange by email or facsimile their initial expert reports on or 

before January 23, 2006. Any experts for whom initial expert reports are not exchanged on or 

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before January 23, 2006 shall not be permitted to testify at trial in support of a party’s claims or 

defenses.

3. Rebuttal expert reports shall be exchanged by email or facsimile on or before 

February 8, 2006. Any experts for which rebuttal expert reports are not exchanged on or before 

February 8, 2006 shall not be permitted to rebut the other side’s expert opinions at trial. 

4. Expert depositions shall be completed on or before February 17, 2006. 

5. Dispositive motions shall be filed with the Court on or before March 3, 2006, and 

shall be set for hearing on April 7, 2006. 

6. The parties’ joint statement in advance of the subsequent case management 

conference shall be filed with the Court on or before April 21, 2006. 

7. A subsequent case status conference shall take place on May 5, 2006, at 

10:30 a.m. 

8. The parties shall participate in private mediation on or before May 31, 2006. 

9. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-10(b)(5), the parties shall participate in a 

pre-trial meet and confer conference on or before May 12, 2006. 

10. The pretrial conference is set for June 27, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. Counsel who 

intend to try the case shall attend. Counsel shall be prepared to discuss all aspects of the case, 

including settlement. 

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11. Trial shall commence on July 10, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2 on the 17th

Floor.

DATED: December 21, 2005 By: /s/ 

Thomas E. Kuhnle 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

MITSUBISHI MOTORS OF NORTH AMERICA, 

INC. AND MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT OF 

AMERICA, INC. 

DATED: December 21, 2005 By: /s/ 

Dennis C. Birkhimer 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-defendants

UKIAH AUTOMOTIVE INVESTMENTS, INC. 

AND THOMAS COGLIANO 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, 

DATED: December 22, 2005 

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Judge 

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