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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 40:270 Miller Act

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SIXTH JOINT APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 2:06-CV-00883-WBS (DAD) 

MODIFYING THE MAY 15, 2007 MODIFIED SCHEDULING ORDER 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for 

the use and benefit of ELECTRO TECH 

CORPORATION, 

Use-Plaintiff, 

v. 

I.E.-PACIFIC, INC., MILLER/WATTS 

CONSTRUCTORS, INC., and ST. PAUL 

FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO: 2:06-CV-00883-WBS (DAD) 

SIXTH JOINT APPLICATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING THE 

MAY 15, 2007 MODIFIED SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

Complaint Filed: April 24, 2006 

Trial Date: September 25, 2007 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

I.E.-Pacific, Inc., Miller/Watts Constructors, Inc., St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance 

Company, and Electro Tech Corporation (the “Parties”), through their respective counsel of 

record, respectfully submit this Joint Application and [Proposed] Order Modifying the 

operative May 15, 2007 Modified Scheduling Order. By this application, the Parties jointly 

agree to an extension of certain pre-trial deadlines while maintaining the trial date. 

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Recent developments cause the Parties to make this Joint Application. 

First, there have been developments in connection with insurance coverage and 

mediation. Nearly one year after Electro Tech’s original tender, Electro Tech’s insurance 

carrier has recently agreed to defend the claims that comprise the largest single component of 

the suit. As a result of the revised insurance situation, the Parties believe a mediation should 

be scheduled. The Parties have scheduled a mediation for July 2, 2007. This mediation is 

being scheduled in July to allow Electro Tech’s carrier sufficient time to prepare for the 

mediation. Pending the mediation, the Parties prefer to avoid incurring legal costs to the extent 

possible, and the time extension requested herein will assist. If the case does not resolve at 

mediation, the Parties intend to proceed immediately with fact depositions and completion of 

expert reports. 

Second, the government, owner of the construction projects from which this dispute 

originated, has failed to produce documents on a timely basis. Electro Tech has twice issued 

Freedom of Information Act requests, first on August 22, 2006, and again on April 27, 2007, to 

obtain documents. Electro Tech has also sought production through a document subpoena. 

The government has not produced documents pursuant to the subpoena, despite a return date of 

May 11, 2007. The government’s production of documents in response to the FOIA requests 

has been paltry. Electro Tech is in frequent contact with the government but no promises 

about document production have been made. The Parties would prefer to have certain 

depositions taken after these documents are produced, and again the time extension requested 

herein will assist the Parties toward that goal. 

For the foregoing reasons, and for good cause, the Parties jointly apply to modify the 

pretrial schedule as follows: 

1. The Parties shall disclose experts and produce reports in accordance with 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(a)(2) by no later than July 31, 2007. 

2. With regard to expert testimony intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall 

be disclosed and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, 

Rule 26(a)(2) on or before August 15, 2007. 

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3. All expert discovery, including expert depositions, shall be conducted so as to 

be completed by August 31, 2007. 

4. All fact discovery (except for interrogatories and requests for admission which 

have been completed), including requests for production of documents, subpoenas for the 

production of documents, and depositions of fact witnesses is left open, save and except that it 

shall be conducted as to be completed by July 31, 2007. 

5. A pre-trial conference be scheduled in September 2007, on a date that is 

convenient to the Court. 

6. All other dates shall remain as stated in the May 15, 2007 Modified Scheduling 

Order. 

This Joint Application and [Proposed] Order reflects a full and complete agreement 

between the Parties. 

DATED: ________________, 2007 MARKS, GOLIA & FINCH, LLP 

By:____/s/______________________________ 

 JASON R. THORTON 

 ANDREA L. PETRAY 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

I.E.-Pacific, Inc., and Defendants Miller/Watts 

Constructors, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and Marine 

Insurance Company 

DATED: ________________, 2007 THELEN REID BROWN 

RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP 

By:_______/s/___________________________ 

 JOHN W. RALLS 

 JEFFREY A. WILCOX 

Attorneys for Use-Plaintiff Electro Tech 

Corporation 

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The Pre-Trial conference shall be held on September 10, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. 

DATED: June 4, 2007 

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