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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Libel,Assualt,Slander

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1 Stipulation for Filing Responsive Pleading 1403918.1

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George B. Piggott (SBN 68227)

a member of GEORGE B. PIGGOTT,

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

2603 Main Street, Ninth Floor

Irvine, California 92614-6232

Tel.: (949) 261-0500

Fax: (949) 261-1085

Email: gbpapc@aol.com

Attorney for Defendants PATRICK SOARS

and AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES

PTY LTD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

PATRICK SOARS, an individual, PETER 

WEILAND, an individual, WEILAND 

AVIATION GROUP, an Australian corporation, 

and AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES 

PTY LTD, an Australian proprietary limited 

company,

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02878-MCE-EFB

ASSIGNED TO:

HON. MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. 

STIPULATION FOR FILIING 

RESPONSIVE PLEADING; ORDER 

THEREON

The parties dispute whether Defendants PATRICK SOARS and AUSTRALIAN NATIVE 

LANDSCAPES PTY LTD (“Defendants”) have been properly served. Plaintiff RICE AIRCRAFT 

SERVICES, INC. contends that Defendants have been properly served; Defendants contend that they

have not. To avoid litigating their dispute regarding proper service, 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiff RICE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC. 

(“Plaintiff”) and Defendants PATRICK SOARS and AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES PTY 

LTD (“Defendants”), by and through their respective attorneys, pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), that: 

(1) Defendants will not contest that they were properly served;

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(2) Defendants shall have to and including April 17, 2015, in which to file their responsive 

pleadings to Plaintiff’s Complaint;

(3) Defendants’ responsive pleadings may include, but shall not be limited to, motions pursuant 

to Rule 12(b)(2) and (6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to dismiss the action as to Defendants 

for lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; and 

(4) This stipulation shall be without prejudice to Defendants’ right to contest whether this court 

has personal jurisdiction over them. 

DATED: March 31, 2015 /s/ Matthew J. Weber 

Matthew J. Weber (State Bar No. 227314)

DOWNEY BRAND LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff RICE AIRCRAFT 

SERVICES, INC. 

DATED: March 31, 2015 /s/ George B. Piggott

George B. Piggott (State Bar No. 68227)

a member of GEORGE B. PIGGOTT,

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Attorney for Defendants PATRICK SOARS and 

AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES PTY 

LTD 

ORDER

In light of the stipulations of the parties made above,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 2, 2015

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