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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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LA1697712.1 

209161-10001 

SECOND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF Case No. C 06-2581 (MMC) 

DANIEL G. MURPHY (SBN 141006) 

dmurphy@loeb.com 

W. ALLAN EDMISTON (SBN 228246) 

aedmiston@loeb.com 

LOEB & LOEB LLP 

10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2200 

Los Angeles, California 90067-4120 

Telephone: 310-282-2000 

Facsimile: 310-282-2200 

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS 

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY; and 

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, 

INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DALE SAKAI, in his capacity as Trustee of the Fusako Sakai 1995 

Revocable Trust under Trust Agreement 

dated June 27, 1995, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Washington Corporation; and 

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, 

INC. a Washington corporation, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C 06-2581 (MMC) 

Assigned to Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

SECOND STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF

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LA1697712.1 

209161-10001 1 

SECOND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CUT-OFF Case No. C 06-2581 (MMC) 

This stipulation is made by and between defendants Merrill Lynch Life 

Insurance Company and Merrill Lynch Life Agency, Inc., on the one hand, and 

plaintiff Dale Sakai, in his capacity as Trustee of the Fusako Sakai 1995 Revocable 

Trust under Trust Agreement dated June 27, 1999 (collectively with Defendants, the 

“Parties”), on the other hand, pursuant to N.D. Local Rule (“L.R.”) 7-12, with 

reference to the following facts: 

1. WHEREAS, the Parties exchanged expert disclosures pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2). 

2. WHEREAS, the deadline for completing expert discovery is currently 

November 21, 2007; 

3. WHEREAS, given certain scheduling issues, the Parties believe that a 

brief extension of the expert discovery deadline is necessary to ensure completion of 

the expert discovery process; 

4. WHEREAS, on November 6, 2007, the Parties filed a stipulation 

requesting a brief extension of the expert discovery cut-off; 

5. WHEREAS, on November 7, 2007, the Court denied the Parties’ 

stipulation on the ground that it failed to establish good cause for the requested 

extension, and the further ground that it failed to address any impact on the 

November 30, 2007 deadline for filing dispositive motions or the February 19, 2008 

trial date; 

6. WHEREAS, the Parties now submit this Second Stipulation and 

[Proposed] Order to Extend Expert Discovery Cut-off to clarify that: 

Plaintiff designated one expert witness and two rebuttal expert 

witnesses, and Defendants designated three expert witnesses, two of whom 

also drafted rebuttal reports; 

Two of the Parties’ experts reside on the East Coast; 

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209161-10001 2 

SECOND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CUT-OFF Case No. C 06-2581 (MMC) 

Completing expert depositions before the current discovery cutoff would be difficult even in the best of circumstances; however, given 

certain travel and scheduling issues, in addition to the Thanksgiving holiday, 

the difficulty of this task is magnified considerably; 

The requested extension is intended to address that difficulty. 

The Parties do not anticipate that it will have any impact on the deadline for 

filing dispositive motions or the trial date; 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties, through their respective attorneys, hereby 

stipulate as follows: 

1. The non-expert discovery cut-off shall be extended from 

November 21, 2007 to December 15, 2007, and the deadline to file any motions to 

compel expert discovery shall be, pursuant to L.R. 26-2, based on this new cut-off 

date. 

2. All other deadlines and dates previously set by the Court, including the 

November 30, 2007 deadline for filing dispositive motions and the February 12, 

2007 trial date, shall remain the same. 

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SECOND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY 

CUT-OFF Case No. C 06-2581 (MMC) 

3. Nothing in this stipulation shall be construed as a waiver or 

relinquishment of any party’s rights, remedies, objections, or defenses herein, all of 

which are expressly reserved. 

Dated: November 13, 2007 LOEB & LOEB LLP 

DANIEL G. MURPHY 

W. ALLAN EDMISTON 

By:/s/ W. ALLAN EDMISTON 

Attorneys for Defendants MERRILL 

LYNCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

a Washington Corporation; and MERRILL 

LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC. 

Dated: November 13, 2007 McGRANE GRENFIELD LLP 

WILLIAM McGRANE 

MAUREN HARRIGNTON 

BRIAN HANNON 

By: /s/ MAUREEN HARRINGTON 

Attorneys for Plaintiff DALE SAKAI, in 

his capacity as Trustee of the Fusako Sakai 

1995 Revocable Trust 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________________________ 

 Maxine M. Chesney 

 United States District Judge 

 

November 14, 2007

The Court also notes

that the trial date is February 19, 2008, not February 12, 2008. (See above Stipulation at 2:15.)

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