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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING THE CLOSE OF DISCOVERY 

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SMITH, McDOWELL & POWELL, 

A LAW CORPORATION 

Brad A. McDowell, SBN 207142 

Sean M. Stowers, SBN 303715 

100 Howe Avenue, Suite 208 South 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 569-8100 

Attorneys for Defendant, Cross-Claimant, 

and Third-Party Plaintiff VFORCE INC. 

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

IN AND FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, a New York 

Corporation; 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

VFORCE INC., doing business as “VFORCE 

STAFFING SOLUTIONS”, a California 

corporation; CORTECH, LLC, a Georgia 

limited liability company; and DOES one 

through 100, inclusive; 

 Defendants. 

AND RELATED ACTIONS. 

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Case Number 2:18-CV-02066-

TLN-CKD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING THE CLOSE 

OF DISCOVERY 

Compl. Filed: July 28, 

2018 

Trial Date: To be 

determined 

Judge Hon. 

Troy L. Nunley 

 

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STIPULATION 

 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT all parties to this case (the “Stipulating Parties”) stipulate 

as provided below with reference to the following facts: 

 WHEREAS on November 4, 2020, Defendant, Cross-Complainant, and Third-Party 

Plaintiff VForce Inc. filed its Motion for Modification of the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order and 

for Leave to Amend its Third-Party Complaint, by which it seeks the permission of the Court to 

file its proposed Second Amended Crossclaim and Third-Party Complaint; 

 WHEREAS VForce’s Motion for Modification of the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order and 

for Leave to Amend its Third-Party Complaint has been fully briefed and the Court has taken the 

matter under submission as of November 25, 2020; 

 WHEREAS on March 2, 2021, Plaintiff Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois 

filed its Motion for Summary Judgment or Alternatively Partial Summary Judgment, by which it 

seeks judgment against VForce; 

 WHEREAS Zurich’s Motion for Summary Judgment or Alternatively Partial Summary 

Judgment has been fully briefed and the Court has taken the matter under submission as of May 

17, 2021; 

 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Order issued on August 4, 2021, the discovery cutoff 

is currently scheduled to occur on February 28, 2022; 

 WHEREAS the United States District Court in and for the Eastern District of California, 

as well as the offices of counsel for the parties, the offices of some of the parties themselves, and 

the offices of other companies necessary to the conducting of discovery herein, such as court 

reporters, were closed and/or operated at limited capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic and 

related governmental orders beginning in or around March of 2020 and may remain closed and/or 

operating at limited capacity for these reasons today; 

 WHEREAS, the Stipulating Parties require additional time to complete discovery, given: 

(1) the proposed inclusion of Amazing Insurance and Alex Campos as additional Third-Party 

Defendants; (2) the COVID-19 pandemic and related closures; (3) the subsequent delay in the 

Court ruling upon VForce’s submitted Motion for Modification of the Initial Pretrial Scheduling 

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Order and for Leave to Amend its Third-Party Complaint and Plaintiff Zurich American Insurance 

Company of Illinois’ submitted Motion for Summary Judgment or Alternatively Partial Summary 

Judgment; and (4) the circumstances of this case, which potentially requires the deposing of 

numerous individuals and entities spread across the country. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the Stipulating Parties hereby stipulate to an extension of the 

discovery cutoff for a period of 180 days until August 29, 2022. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the Stipulating Parties hereby stipulate that this document may be 

executed in multiple counterparts. 

Dated: December 8, 2021 HORTON VILLAGE LAW GROUP APC 

By: /s/ Lincoln V. Horton 

LINCOLN V. HORTON 

Attorney for Plaintiff ZURICH 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY 

OF ILLINOIS 

Dated: December 8, 2021 SMITH, McDOWELL & POWELL, 

A LAW CORPORATION 

By: /s/ Sean M. Stowers 

BRAD McDOWELL 

SEAN M. STOWERS 

Attorneys for Defendant, Cross-Claimant, 

and Third-Party Plaintiff VFORCE INC. 

Dated: December 8, 2021 BARNWELL LAW GROUP, P.C. 

By: /s/ Patrick C. Barnwell 

PATRICK C. BARNWELL 

Attorney for Defendant, Cross-Defendant, 

and Third-Party Defendant CORTECH, LLC 

Dated: December 8, 2021 McFADDEN & SHOREMAN 

By: /s/ John M. Shoreman 

JOHN M. SHOREMAN 

Attorney for Cross-Defendants and ThirdParty Defendants ACCUIRE, LLC, BEAN 

TEAM NETWORK 2, LLC, CAPSERV, 

INC., MICHAEL DiMANNO, RICHARD 

GARDNER. KAISERKANE 

CONSULTING, LLC, CHARLES 

MUSGROVE, and MELISSA OBLESBY 

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ORDER 

 Upon consideration of the Stipulation of all parties to this matter, it is hereby ORDERED 

that the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order will be modified to reflect that the discovery cutoff will 

be continued for one hundred eighty (180) days. The new discovery cutoff will be August 29, 

2022. All other deadlines contained within the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order that are governed 

by the discovery cutoff shall be based upon the new discovery cutoff. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: December 8, 2021 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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