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Nature of Suit Code: 150
Nature of Suit: Overpayments &amp; Enforcement of Judgments
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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REED SMITH LLP

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

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No.: 2:10-CV-00291 MCE (GGH) – 1 –

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE PARTIES’ LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTOCOL

MICHAEL J. STRUMWASSER (SBN 58413)

FREDRIC D. WOOCHER (SBN 96689)

PATRICIA T. PEI (SBN 274957)

STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000

Los Angeles, California 90024

Tel.: (310) 576-1233 Fax: (310) 319-0156

E-mail: mstrumwasser@strumwooch.com

fwoocher@strumwooch.com

ppei@strumwooch.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

California Earthquake Authority

David C. Powell (SBN 129781)

Email: dpowell@reedsmith.com

Jesse L. Miller (SBN 183229)

Email: jessemiller@reedsmith.com

Christopher C. Foster (SBN 253839)

Email: CFoster@reedsmith.com

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105-3659

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269

Attorneys for Defendants

Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wells 

Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to 

Wachovia Bank, N.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC; 

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.; and DOES 1 through 

25,

Defendants.

No.: 2:10-CV-00291 MCE (GGH)

STIPULATION AND ORDER ON 

PARTIES’ LIMITED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND PROTOCOL

Date action removed: February 4, 2010

Trial date: October 7, 2013

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE PARTIES’ LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTOCOL

WHEREAS, Plaintiff California Earthquake Authority (“CEA”) and Defendants 

Metropolitan West Securities LLC (“MetWest”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger 

to Wachovia Bank, N.A. (collectively, “Defendants”) have been meeting and conferring in good 

faith to reach a protocol governing the discovery issues remaining in this case; 

WHEREAS, the parties submitted a stipulation on June 29, 2012 that was signed by this 

Court on July 3, 2012, which left the issue of the protocol and protective order to govern the 

production of data from the most recent MetWest GroupWise backup tape to the CEA open subject 

to further negotiations (“Backup Tape Protocol and Protective Order”); 

WHEREAS, the parties’ agreement contemplated that the parties would continue to meet and 

confer in good faith regarding the Backup Tape Protocol and Protective Order, and that the parties 

would be able to reach a final agreement on the Backup Tape Protocol and Protective Order by 

July 3, 2012; 

WHEREAS, the parties have continued to meet and confer in good faith on the Backup Tape 

Protocol and Protective Order; 

WHEREAS, the parties have determined that they need to obtain additional technical 

information regarding the restoration of the MetWest GroupWise backup tape before they can reach 

a final agreement on the Backup Tape Protocol and Protective Order; 

WHEREAS, the necessary technical information regarding the restoration of the MetWest 

GroupWise backup tape will not be available to the parties for a minimum of two weeks;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among Plaintiff California

Earthquake Authority and Defendants Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wachovia Bank,

N.A., through the undersigned counsel, that the parties be permitted an additional two weeks within 

which to reach an agreement on the limited discovery protocol to govern the production of the most 

recent MetWest GroupWise backup tape. The parties shall file the Backup Tape Protocol and 

Protective Order on or before Tuesday, July 17, 2012.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: July 3, 2012 REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ Christopher Foster

David C. Powell

Jesse L. Miller

Christopher C. Foster

Attorneys for Defendants Metropolitan West 

Securities, LLC and Wachovia Bank, N.A.

DATED: July 3, 2012 STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

By____/s/ Patricia Pei_____________________________

Michael J. Strumwasser

Fredric D. Woocher

Patricia T. Pei

Attorneys for Plaintiff California Earthquake 

Authority

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: July 5, 2012 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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The Honorable Gregory G. Hollows 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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