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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

ROBERT C. PHELPS #I06666 

robert.phelps @piIlsburylaw.com 

RANAH L. ESMAILI #233477 

ranah.esmaili @pillsburylaw.com 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

Telephone: (4 15) 983- 1000 

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

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PETROLEUM SALES, INC., 1 No. C-05-3526 SBA 

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Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND TPP,f)Pf)EBI?I 

) ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO 

VS. ) COMPLETE VOLUNTARY ADR 

) PROCEDURE 

VALERO REFINING COMPANY- ) 

CALIFORNIA, VALERO MARETING j 

16 AND SUPPLY COMPANY, and DOES 1 ) 

through 20, 

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Defendants. ) 

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Plaintiff PETROLEUM SALES, INC. and Defendants VALERO REFINING 

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COMPANY-CALIFORNIA and VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY COMPANY, 

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through their respective counsel, and following discussions with the assigned mediator in 

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this matter (R. Stephen Goldstein, Esq.), hereby jointly request that the Court extend the 2 3 

time for completion of voluntary ADR to September 29, 2006, for the reasons set forth 

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below. 

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The parties have agreed to a voluntary mediation of this dispute and have been 

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assigned to R. Stephen Goldstein, Esq., of Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Gibson & 77 

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Harris, LLP, 1388 Sutter Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco CA 94109-5494. This request 2 8 

-1- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO COMPLETE VOLUNTARY 

ADR PROCEDURE 

C,,sr No C-05.7576 SRA 

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for additional time for completion of mediation comes as a result of discussions with Mr. 

Goldstein regarding the likelihood of settlement at mediation at this time, given the posture 

of the case. 

The parties' discovery efforts were delayed by various disputes that resulted in 

motions heard by Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James. Judge James ruled on those 

disputes on May 3, 2006. While Plaintiff expressed a willingness to go forward with 

mediation prior to the May 3 1, 2006 cutoff, Defendants believed that the parties' discovery 

efforts have not progressed to a point where a meaningful mediation could take place. 

Moreover, the date proposed for the mediation by Mr. Goldstein (May 26, 2006) was 

impractical for Defendants. That date is the Friday of the Memorial Day weekend, and 

travel from San Antonio, TX, for Defendants' corporate representative was impractical. 

For the foregoing reasons, the parties respectfully request that the deadline for 

completing mediation be extended to September 29, 2006. 

-2- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

EXTENDlNG TIME TO COMPLETE VOLUNTARY 

ADR PROCEDURE C:IEP Nn r-05.1576 CRA 

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I Dated: May e, 2006. 

i I Dated: May3 2006. 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

ROBERT C. PHELPS 

RANAH L. ESMAILI 

50 Frelnont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94 120-7880 

BY 

/s/ Robert C, Phelps 

Robert C. Plielps 

Attorneys for Defendants 

VALERO REFINING COMPANYCALIFORNIA and VALERO MAIIKE'I'ING 

AND SUPPLY COMPANY. 

DANE J. DURHAM 

12989 Occidental Road 

Sebastopol, CA 95472 

Dane J. Durham 

Attorney for Plaintiff' 

PETROLEUM SALES, INC. 

2 0 Based Lipon the representations of counsel herein and good cause appearing, it is 

21 hereby ORDERED that the deadline for colnpletion of voluntary ADR proceedings in this 

22 case is extended to September 29. 2006. 

By Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

Linited States District Court Judge 

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