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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO AMEND ANSWER AND FILE MOTION TO STRIKE

Matthew W. Quall, #183759

mquall@quallcardot.com

Quall Cardot LLP

205 East River Park Circle, Suite 110

Fresno, CA 93720

Telephone: (559) 418-0333

Facsimile: (559) 418-0330

Attorneys for Defendants COURTESY OLDSMOBILE-CADILLAC, INC., a California 

corporation, and BEN WELLS, an individual 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, 

d/b/a SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE 

FINISHES, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

COURTESY OLDSMOBILE-CADILLAC, 

INC., a California corporation; and BEN WELLS, 

an individual.

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01137-MJS

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME TO AMEND ANSWER 

AND FILE MOTION TO STRIKE

TO THE HONORABLE MICHAEL J. SENG, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE:

Defendants COURTESY OLDSMOBILE-CADILLAC, INC. and BEN WELLS 

(collectively, “Defendants”), and Plaintiff, THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, d/b/a 

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE FINISHES (“Plaintiff”), by and through their 

respective counsel, hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Damages and Demand for Jury Trial (the 

“Complaint”) on July 22, 2015, in United Stated District Court, Eastern District of California, 

Case No. 1:15-cv-01137. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO AMEND ANSWER AND FILE MOTION TO STRIKE

WHEREAS, Defendants filed an Answer to the Complaint on October 5, 2015.

WHEREAS, Any Motion to Strike by Plaintiff must be filed on or before October 26, 

2015.

WHEREAS, Defendants intend to voluntarily amend their Answer.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendants have agreed to extend the time for Defendants to 

voluntarily amend their Answer to on or before November 9, 2015. 

WHEREAS, in the event Defendants do not voluntarily amend their Answer, Plaintiff and 

Defendants have agreed to extend the time for Plaintiff to file a Motion to Strike to on or before 

November 23, 2015.

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff and Defendants 

as follows: 

1. The time for Defendants to file an Amended Answer shall be extended to on or 

before November 9, 2015.

2. Should Defendants not file an Amended Answer, the time for Plaintiff to file a 

Motion to Strike shall be extended to November 23, 2015. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 19, 2015 By: ___/s/ Matthew W. Quall_________ 

Matthew W. Quall

Attorneys for Defendants 

COURTESY OLDSMOBILE-CADILLAC, 

INC., a California corporation, 

and BEN WELLS, an individual

Dated: October 19, 2015 By: ___/s/ George Fish _____________

George Fish

Attorneys for Plaintiff THE SHERWINWILLIAMS COMPANY, d/b/a 

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE 

FINISHES

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO AMEND ANSWER AND FILE MOTION TO STRIKE

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. The time for Defendants to file an Amended Answer shall be extended to on or 

before November 9, 2015.

2. Should Defendants not file an Amended Answer, the time for Plaintiff to file a 

Motion to Strike shall be extended to November 23, 2015.

3. Inasmuch as the pleadings are not yet at issue and issues of consent to Magistrate 

Judge jurisdiction have been addressed and resolved, the Initial Scheduling Conference set for 

October 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM shall be, and hereby is, CONTINUED to January 14, 2016 at 11:30 

AM before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 21, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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