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Nature of Suit Code: 210
Nature of Suit: Land Condemnation
Cause of Action: 40:258(a) Public Buildings &amp; Property: Land Condemnation

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

E. ROBERT WRIGHT

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2799

Attorneys for the United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Case No. CV-F-03-6065 REC LJO

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Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND ORDER

) AMENDING LITIGATION SCHEDULE

v. )

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43.77 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS )

IN THE COUNTY OF FRESNO; )

DONALD DEVINE, et al., )

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Defendants. )

____________________________________)

Plaintiffs and Defendants pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and Local Rule 83-143 hereby

stipulate to an Order to modify the Litigation Schedule as Ordered July 26, 2005, as follows:

ITEM NEW DATE DUE

All items not addressed herein and already completed, to remain the same

Expert Discovery Cut-0ff (9/23/05) 2/24/06

Dispositive and Non-Dispositive Motions filed (9/30/05) 3/10/06

Hearing on Motions (10/31/05) 4/24/06

Settlement Conference (10/21/05, LJO) 6/1/06

Pre-Trial Conference (10/31/05, LJO) 6/6/06

Trial (11/29/05, REC, Jury, 7-10 days) 7/11/06

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In support of this Stipulation showing good cause, the parties through Counsel advise the

Court of the following:

The legal and factual issues in this condemnation action appear very similar to the issues

in another pending condemnation action, United States of America v. 87.98 Acres of Land etc. et

al, CV-F-03-6064 REC LJO. Plaintiff United States has filed four motions in that case for

partial summary adjudication and/or motions in limine set for hearing on September 26, 2005.

Depending on the rulings on those motions, they could sharply narrow the issues for trial and

could preclude designated expert witnesses from testifying. That case is set for trial to

commence November 8, 2005. It is anticipated that because one of the parties (the plaintiff) is

the same in both cases, the condemnations both pertain to the same transmission line project, and

because of the similarity of issues, that both cases will be presided over by the same judge. In

addition, the parties are using the same expert witnesses in each case. Plaintiff will be filing very

similar pre-trial motions in this case, to the ones it has filed in 87.98 Acres. Counsel anticipate

that the judge presiding over these cases will make similar rulings on pre-trial motions and issues

at trial to the rulings that will have been made in 87.98 Acres. Obtaining the results from the pretrial and trial rulings in 87.98 Acres will serve the purposes of efficiency and economy for the

parties and the court in this cases, by allowing the parties in this case to conclude discovery and

prepare for pre-trial motions and trial having the benefit of being able to analyze the results of the

rulings and outcome in 87.98 Acres. The parties and the court will also have the benefit of

conducting a meaningful settlement conference having the knowledge obtained from the rulings

in 87.98 Acres. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 22, 2005 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 By: /s/ E. Robert Wright 

E. ROBERT WRIGHT

Assistant U.S. Attorney

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Dated: August 22, 2005 /s/ Matthew O. Pacher 

Matthew O. Pacher

Damrell, Nelson, Schrimp, Pallios,

Pacher & Silva

Attorneys for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 24, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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