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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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Case No. 2:09-CV-00009-MCE-EFB 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PATRIOT RAIL CORP., a Delaware 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

SIERRA RAILROAD COMPANY, a 

California corporation, 

 Defendant. 

CASE NO. 2:09-CV-00009-MCE-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER FURTHER 

AMENDING PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

And Related Counterclaim. 

LISA L. HALKO – SBN 148873

M. THERESA TOLENTINO MEEHAN – SBN 204112 

SARAH W. ASPLIN – SBN 260851 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

1201 K Street, Suite 1100 

Sacramento, CA 95814-3938 

Telephone: (916) 442-1111 

Facsimile: (916) 448-1709 

halkol@gtlaw.com 

meehant@gtlaw.com 

asplins@gtlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter Defendant, 

Patriot Rail Corp., and Cross Defendants, 

Patriot Rail, LLC and Larry Coe 

LOUIS A. GONZALEZ, JR., SBN 157373 

W. SCOTT CAMERON, SBN 229828 

WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK, A LAW CORPORATION 

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 558-6000 

Facsimile: (916) 446-1611 

wcameron@weintraub.com 

lgonzalez@weintraub.com 

Attorneys for Defendant and 

Counter-Claimant, Sierra Railroad Company 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

WHEREAS on May 18, 2009, this Court issued its Pretrial Scheduling Order; 

WHEREAS on January 4, 2010, this Court issued its minute order continuing the trial 

date in this matter to March 19, 2012; 

WHEREAS on April 2, 2010, this Court issued an Order extending the discovery cutoff in this matter for good cause to May 21, 2010; 

WHEREAS the Mandatory Settlement Conference in this matter is currently set for 

June 4, 2010; 

WHEREAS the Parties have actively been involved in completing discovery including 

depositions, but due to the mediation in this matter, scheduling conflicts, several witnesses 

being required to travel to Sacramento from the east coast for deposition, and counsel for the 

Parties being required to travel to the east coast to take certain third party and party depositions, 

are unable to complete all depositions prior to the current non-expert discovery cut-off of May 

21, 2010; 

WHEREAS the Parties have noticed and subpoenaed a minimum of eleven depositions 

that must be completed before discovery closes in this matter; 

WHEREAS Patriot deponent Bennett Marks deposition was postponed due to an 

unanticipated SEC filing obligation for an unrelated business; 

WHEREAS Sierra must complete Mr. Mark’s deposition before the remaining Patriot 

witness depositions; 

WHEREAS good cause exists for, and none of the Parties to this matter shall be 

prejudiced by, an extension of the non-expert discovery cut-off to June 18, 2010; 

WHEREAS the Parties also believe that it is unlikely that the Parties will settle this 

matter without first completing the pending depositions and, therefore, agree that good cause 

exists to postpone the Mandatory Settlement Conference before Judge England to June 30, 

2010, or on a date after the proposed non-expert discovery cut-off of June 18, 2010 that is 

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acceptable to Judge England, with the Parties submitting confidential settlement statements to 

Judge England’s chambers as directed by the Court, 

WHEREAS the Parties also believe that an extension of the non-expert discovery cutoff and postponement of the Mandatory Settlement Conference will require modification of 

other related discovery and law and motion deadlines in the Court's Pretrial Scheduling Order 

so that they occur after the completion of discovery; 

WHEREAS good cause exists for, and none of the Parties to this matter shall be 

prejudiced by, an extension of the expert discovery cut-off and deadlines for filing and hearing 

dispositive motions; 

WHEREAS, the Court has already continued the trial of this matter to March 19, 2012, 

none of the extensions in this stipulation and proposed order will effect the trial date; 

WHEREAS the Parties stipulate and agree to disclose expert witnesses and expert 

witness reports on July 9, 2010; 

WHEREAS the Parties stipulate and agree to disclose supplemental expert witnesses 

and reports for supplement experts, within 20 days of the initial expert disclosure, as set forth in 

the Court’s May, 18, 2009 scheduling order, on or before July 29, 2010; and 

WHEREAS the Parties agree to extend the last day to have dispositive motions heard to 

August 26, 2010. 

THE PARTIES, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, 

HEREBY STIPULATE pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) and request that the Court amend 

its Pretrial Scheduling Order to extend the non-expert discovery cut-off in this matter to June 

18, 2010, reschedule the Mandatory Settlement Conference to June 30, 2010, or on a date after 

the proposed non-expert discovery cut-off of June 18, 2010 that is acceptable to Judge England, 

and require the Parties to submit a confidential settlement statement to Judge England’s 

chambers as directed by the Court. The Parties further stipulate and request that the Court 

amend its Pretrial Scheduling Order to extend the deadline to disclose expert witnesses and 

expert witness reports to July 9, 2010 and the deadline for supplemental expert witness 

disclosures and to exchange supplemental expert witness reports to July 19, 2010; the last day 

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to hear dispositive motions would accordingly be set on August 26, 2010, or a date thereafter 

that is acceptable to Judge England. 

Dated: April 27, 2010 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

 By: /s/ Sarah W. Asplin 

Lisa L. Halko 

M. Theresa Tolentino Meehan 

Sarah W. Asplin 

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter Defendant Patriot 

Rail Corp. and Cross Defendants Patriot Rail, 

LLC and Larry Coe 

Dated: April 27, 2010 WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK 

 By: /s/ Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr. (as authorized on 4/27/10)

Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr. 

W. Scott Cameron 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter Claimant 

Sierra Railroad Company 

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ORDER

As it appears the Parties must now complete several depositions both in California and 

out of state, have stipulated to an extension of the non-expert and expert discovery cut-offs, as 

well as the last day to hear dispositive motions, and as the Court finds good cause to amend its 

Pretrial Scheduling Order to extend the cut-offs and to postpone the Mandatory Settlement 

Conference currently set for June 4, 2010, 

IT IS SO ORDERED that the Pretrial Scheduling Order shall be amended to extend the 

non-expert discovery cut-off to June 18, 2010, and reschedule the Mandatory Settlement 

Conference before Judge England to July 9, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., with the Parties to submit a 

confidential settlement statement to Judge England’s chambers on or before July 2, 2010. It is 

further ordered that the deadline to disclose expert witnesses shall be moved to July 9, 2010 

and the deadline for supplemental expert witness disclosures shall be moved to July 29, 2010. 

The last day to hear dispositive motions will be set for August 26, 2010. 

DATE: April 28, 2010 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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