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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Property Damage

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

DOWNEY BRAND LLP

WILLIAM R. WARNE (Bar No. 141280)

MICHAEL J. THOMAS (Bar No. 172326)

ANNIE S. AMARAL (Bar No. 238189)

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814-4731

Telephone: (916) 444-1000

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100

bwarne@downeybrand.com

mthomas@downeybrand.com

aamaral@downeybrand.com

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 2:09-CV-02445-KJM-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING NON-DAMAGES 

REBUTTAL EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

DEADLINE

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS

Plaintiff the United States of America (“United States”) and Defendants/Cross-Defendants 

Sierra Pacific Industries, Eunice Howell, individually and d/b/a/ Howell’s Forest Harvesting and 

W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc., Landowner Defendants (collectively “Defendants”) through their 

respective counsel, hereby submit the following Stipulation and Proposed Order Continuing NonDamages Rebuttal Expert Disclosure Deadline. 

RECITALS

1. On February 11, 2010, this Court entered its Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order 

that, among other things, provided that amendment would only be allowed by leave of Court with 

good cause shown. On August 31, 2010, this Court amended its Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) 

Order upon the request of Sierra Pacific, for good cause shown. Subsequently, on August 31, 

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2010, and March 15, 2011, the Court issued Minute Orders amending and resetting certain dates 

in the Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order. Pursuant to a stipulation submitted by the parties on 

March 25, 2011, the Court issued an order on March 28, 2011, that briefly extended the nondamages expert disclosure deadline by approximately one month to May 31, 2011. Additionally, 

pursuant to a stipulation submitted by the parties on May 19, 2011, the Court issued an order on 

May 23, 2011 that further extended expert-related deadlines, setting the Non-Damages Expert 

Disclosure Deadline on June 16, 2011. 

2. On June 16, 2011, the parties exchanged their Non-Damages Expert Disclosures, 

disclosing a total of over forty experts.

3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(D)(ii), Non-Damages 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures are presently due on July 18, 2011. The parties have agreed to 

extend this deadline by one week, from July 16, 2011, until July 25, 2011. 

4. A one week continuance of the Non-Damages Rebuttal Expert Disclosure deadline 

will not affect the rest of the schedule or deadlines in this action. 

STIPULATION

Based on the foregoing recitals, the parties hereby STIPULATE that: 

1. The deadline to serve Non-Damages Rebuttal Expert Disclosures is continued 

from July 16, 2011, to July 25, 2011.

2. This continuance will not affect the rest of the schedule or deadlines in this action. 

3. All remaining dates and deadlines as set by the Court in its August 31, 2010 

Order, and as modified by the Court’s August 31, 2010, March 15, 2011, March 28, 2011, and 

May 23, 2011 Orders, are otherwise unaffected by this Stipulation and Proposed Order.

4. By entering into this stipulation, none of the parties waive any rights or arguments 

that they may otherwise have with respect to their ability to request additional continuances in 

this action if necessary. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: July , 2011 U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

By: /s/ Kelli Taylor

KELLI TAYLOR

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DATED: July , 2011 DOWNEY BRAND LLP

By: /s/ William R. Warne

WILLIAM R. WARNE

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant 

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

DATED: July , 2011 RUSHFORD & BONOTTO, LLP

By: /s/ Phil Bonotto

PHIL BONOTTO

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Defendants

EUNICE HOWELL, INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a

HOWELL’S FOREST HARVESTING

DATED: July , 2011 MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME, LLP

By: /s/ Richard S. Linkert

RICHARD S. LINKERT

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Claimants

W.M. BEATY & ASSOCIATES and

LANDOWNER DEFENDANTS

(Brooks Walker et al.)

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ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the parties’ Stipulation To Continue Non-Damages 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure Deadline. For the reasons stated in the Stipulation and for good 

cause showing, the Court ADOPTS the Stipulation and GRANTS the relief requested therein.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Non-Damages Rebuttal Expert 

Disclosure Deadline is now July 25, 2011. All other dates and deadlines as set by the Court’s 

August 31, 2010 Order, and as modified by the Court’s August 31, 2010, March 15, 2011, March 

28, 2011, and May 23, 2011 Orders, remain as set and are otherwise unaffected by this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 6, 2011. 

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