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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 15:717 Natural Gas Act

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS

Edward A. Klein (SBN 145736)

eklein@linerlaw.com

LINER LLP

1100 Glendon Avenue, 14th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90024.3518

Telephone: (310) 500-3500

Facsimile: (310) 500-3501

Attorneys for Plaintiff La Paloma Generating Company, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LA PALOMA GENERATING 

COMPANY, LLC,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MOJAVE PIPELINE COMPANY, 

L.L.C.; KERN RIVER GAS 

TRANSMISSION CO.; and EL PASO 

NATURAL GAS COMPANY, L.L.C.

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-1280-MCE-JLT

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF 

DISMISSAL

The Hon. Morrison C. England

Plaintiff La Paloma Generating Company LLC (“La Paloma” or “Plaintiff”), 

defendant Mojave Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Mojave”), defendant Kern River Gas 

Transmission Company (“Kern River”), and defendant El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. (“El Paso”), by and through their respective counsel of record, 

agree and stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS on March 4, 2016, the Court issued a Memorandum and Order 

which granted the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendants Mojave and El Paso,

without leave to amend (see ECF 54; the “March 4 Order”);

WHEREAS, the March 4 Order also granted in part and denied in part 

Defendant Kern River’s Motion to Dismiss the Second Cause of Action, and granted 

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS

Defendant Kern River’s Motion to dismiss the Third Cause of Action without leave 

to amend (see ECF 54); 

WHEREAS, in light of the March 4 Order, the Plaintiff’s only claim that 

remains pending in the district court is the portion of the Second Cause of Action for 

breach of contract against Kern River that is based on Pooling Agreement 5161 (the 

“5161 Claim”).

WHEREAS the parties seek to have an appealable judgment entered in this 

matter pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58, and to effectuate this given the provisions of 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) the Plaintiff is prepared to stipulate to dismissal with prejudice 

of the 5161 Claim, with such dismissal not intended by the parties to have any res 

judicata, collateral estoppel or other evidentiary effect on the claims dismissed by 

the March 4 Order, should such claims be reinstated or revived on appeal;

Based on the forgoing, Plaintiff La Paloma and Defendants Mojave, Kern 

River, and El Paso stipulate and agree, subject to the Court’s approval, (i) that the 

5161 Claim which survived the March 4 Order should now be, and is, dismissed 

with prejudice, (ii) that such dismissal with prejudice shall not have any res 

judicata, collateral estoppel or other evidentiary effect on the claims dismissed by 

the March 4 Order, should such claims be reinstated or revived on appeal, and (iii) 

that a final, appealable judgment may now be entered dismissing the 5161 Claim by 

stipulation and dismissing all of Plaintiff’s other claims by operation of the March 4 

Order.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: March 31, 2016 LINER LLP

/s/ Edward A. Klein

Edward A. Klein

Attorneys for Plaintiff LA PALOMA GENERATING 

COMPANY, LLC

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS

Dated: March 31, 2016 ALLEGAERT BERGER & VOGEL LLP

/s/ James A. Beha II (as authorized 3/31/16)

James A. Beha II

(admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Attorney for Plaintiff LA PALOMA GENERATING 

COMPANY, LLC

Dated: March 31, 2016 MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR, P.C.

/s/ D. Mitchell McFarland (as authorized 3/31/16)

D. Mitchell McFarland

(admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Attorney for Defendants MOJAVE PIPELINE 

COMPANY L.L.C. and EL PASO NATURAL GAS 

COMPANY L.L.C.

Dated: March 31, 2016 COOPER, WHITE & COOPER LLP

/s/ Jill B. Rowe (as authorized 3/31/16)

Jill B. Rowe

Attorney for Defendants MOJAVE PIPELINE 

COMPANY L.L.C. and EL PASO NATURAL GAS 

COMPANY L.L.C.

Dated: March 31, 2016 CARLSON & MESSER LLP

/s/ Charles R. Messer (as authorized 3/31/16)

Charles R. Messer

Tamar Gabriel

Attorney for Defendant KERN RIVER GAS 

TRANSMISSION COMPANY

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS

THE FOREGOING IS SO ORDERED, and the Clerk is directed to enter 

judgment dismissing the First Amended Complaint in accordance with this Order and 

the Court’s March 4, 2016 Memorandum and Order (ECF No. 54). Plaintiff’s Motion 

for Reconsideration (ECF No. 59) is DENIED as moot, and the Clerk of the Court is 

directed to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 5, 2016

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