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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING AND BRIEFING Case No.: C-05-2687 MJJ 

DATES ON CLAIMANTS’ MOTION TO STAY LIMITATION PROCEEDING; [PROPOSED ORDER] 

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Rex M. Clack, Esq. (SBN 59237) 

David E. Russo, Esq. (SBN 112023) 

Neil Olson, Esq. (SBN 120946) 

STERLING & CLACK 

A Professional Corporation 

101 Howard Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 543-5300 

Facsimile: (415) 543-3335 

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF 

CROSS LINK, INC., dba 

WESTAR MARINE SERVICES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN ADMIRALTY 

In the Matter of the Complaint of 

CROSS LINK, INC., dba WESTAR MARINE 

SERVICES as Owner and Operator of the M/V 

PROVIDER 

 Plaintiff, 

 

For Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability.

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Case No.: C-05-2687 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE HEARING AND BRIEFING 

DATES ON CLAIMANTS’ MOTION TO 

STAY LIMITATION PROCEEDING; 

[PROPOSED ORDER] 

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 Plaintiff CROSS LINK, INC., dba WESTAR MARINE SERVICES (“plaintiff”), and 

claimants CONSTANCE PICCI and ANDREW SURGES (“claimants”), by and through their 

respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate to and respectfully request the Court continue the 

hearing on claimants’ motion to stay the limitation proceeding by three weeks, and concurrently 

continue the dates for briefing said motion for the reasons set forth below. 

 Claimants filed their motion to stay this limitation proceeding and lift the restraining order 

entered herein on June 20, 2006. A hearing thereon was initially scheduled for July 25, 2006. 

Pursuant to stipulation and request of both parties, the Court continued the hearing to October 17, 

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2006, to allow time to assess the motion and determine if opposition would be filed. To do so, it 

was determined that some limited discovery would be necessary. 

 Discovery has been propounded and information is being reviewed and analyzed. An 

additional two week continuance would allow time to complete assessment of the issues related to 

the motion and for the parties to meet and confer as to whether opposition to the motion will be 

filed. Consequently, the parties respectfully suggest that a further short continuance of the hearing 

on claimants’ motion with a concomitant extension of briefing deadlines will promote the fair and 

efficient adjudication of the motion. 

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 For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff and claimants hereby stipulate and respectfully request 

that the Court continue the date of hearing on claimants’ motion to stay the limitation proceeding to 

the next available date available to the Court for such hearing on or after October 31, 2006, which 

the parties understand is November 7, 2006, and that the Court order that the briefing schedule be 

concomitantly extended consistent with the new hearing date and in accordance with Local Rule 7-

3(a) and this Court’s Standing Order. 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: September 25, 2006 STERLING & CLACK 

Rex M. Clack 

 Neil Olson 

 David E. Russo 

 By: s/David E. Russo________

 David E. Russo 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 CROSS LINK, INC., dba 

WESTAR MARINE SERVICES 

Dated: September 25, 2006 VENARDI ELAM, LLP 

 By: s/Mark L. Venardi_______

 Mark L. Venardi, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Claimant-Respondents 

 CONSTANCE PICHHI, as the personal 

 representative of the wrongful death claimants 

 and ANDREW J. SURGES 

David E. Russo attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each 

of the other signatories identified herein. 

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ORDER 

Upon review and consideration of the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing 

therefor, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

 1. The hearing on claimants’ motion to stay the limitation proceeding is continued to 

November 7, 2006; 

 2. The date for filing opposition to claimants’ motion is hereby continued to October 17, 

2006; and 

 3. The date for filing any reply by claimants in support of their motion is continued to 

October 24, 2006. 

Dated: 

 ________________________ 

 Martin J. Jenkins 

U.S. District Judge 

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