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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference

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LEO R. BEUS, Admitted pro hac vice 

ALBERT J. MORRISON, Admitted pro hac vice 

BEUS GILBERT PLLC 

4800 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 6000 

Scottsdale, AZ 85251 

Telephone: (480) 429-3000 

Facsimile: (480) 429-3100 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOSEPH F. COYNE, JR., Cal. Bar No. 93707 

MICHELLE SHERMAN, Cal. Bar No. 136799 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071-1448 

Telephone: 213-620-1780 

Facsimile: 213-620-1398 

Attorneys for Defendants

FORT JAMES CORPORATION

AND RELATED ENTITIES 

JAMES C. KRIEG, Cal. Bar No. 77069 

STAN G. ROMAN, Cal. Bar No. 87652 

KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & 

ROMAN LLP 

114 Sansome Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 249-8330 

Facsimile: (415) 249-8333 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MCGUIRE WOODS LLP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CROWN PAPER LIQUIDATING 

TRUST,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS 

LLP fka COOPERS & LYBRAND, et 

al.

Defendants.

 Case Nos. C 02-03836 MMC 

C 05-0798 MMC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DEFENDANTS' 

MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS' 

FEES PENDING 

DOCUMENTATION OF 

SETTLEMENT

Current Date: March 2, 2007 

Proposed New Date: April 27, 2007 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 7 (19th Floor) Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

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JEFFREY H. BECK, Liquidating 

Trustee of the Crown Paper Liquidating 

Trust,

Plaintiff,

vs.

FORT JAMES CORPORATION; 

FORT JAMES OPERATING 

COMPANY; FORT JAMES FIBER 

COMPANY; FORT JAMES 

INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD; 

AND MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, 

Defendants.

Plaintiff Jeffrey H. Beck, Liquidating Trustee ("Plaintiff"), and 

defendants Fort James Operating Company, Fort James Fiber Company, and Fort 

James International Holdings, Ltd., (collectively, "Fort James Defendants") and 

McGuireWoods LLP ("MW," and collectively with the Fort James Defendants, 

"Defendants", and collectively with the Fort James Defendants and Plaintiff, the 

"Parties") stipulate as follows and respectfully request that the Court enter the 

Parties' proposed order appended hereto. 

WHEREAS, on July 12, 2004, the Court dismissed with prejudice Case 

No. 02-03836 in favor of MW; 

WHEREAS, on December 14, 2006, the Court entered judgment in 

Case No. 05-0798 in favor of Fort James Defendants; 

WHEREAS, on December 22, 2006, the Court approved the Parties' 

stipulation to defer briefing and hearing dates for Defendants' to-be-filed attorneys' 

fees motions; 

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WHEREAS, on January 26, 2007, MW and the Fort James Defendants 

each timely filed an attorneys fees motion (collectively, the "Motions"), and 

scheduled the hearings on the Motions for March 2, 2007;

WHEREAS, after the Defendants filed the Motions, the Parties have 

been working on reaching an agreement to settle all litigation between and among 

them, including this action and the Motions; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are working to finalize settlement 

documentation, which will be subject to the approval of the United States 

Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, and in the meantime the Parties 

wish to continue the hearings on the Motions because if the Parties' settlement is 

approved, the Motions will be moot; 

WHEREAS, with the current hearing date of March 2, 2007, Plaintiff's 

oppositions to the Motions are due February 9, 2007 and Defendants' replies are due 

February 16, 2007, and the Parties wish to avoid the incurrence of additional fees 

with respect to the Motions; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the hearing on the 

Motions shall be continued to April 27, 2007, and the briefing schedule for 

Plaintiff's oppositions and Defendants' replies shall be continued in accordance with 

the Local Rules for filing oppositions and replies. 

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BEUS GILBERT PLLC 

By /s/ Albert J. Morrison 

DATED: February 8, 2007

 Albert J. Morrison 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Theodore A. Cohen 

DATED: February 8, 2007 

 Theodore A. Cohen 

Attorneys for Fort James Defendants 

KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & ROMAN 

LLP

By /s/ James C. Krieg 

DATED: February 8, 2007 

 James C. Krieg 

Attorneys for Def. MCGUIRE WOODS LLP 

Good cause appearing,IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing on the 

Motions is continued to April 27, 2007, and the briefing schedule for Plaintiff's 

oppositions and Defendants' replies is continued in accordance with the Local Rules 

for filing oppositions and replies. 

DATED: February 12, 2007 

 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Judge

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