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Nature of Suit Code: 423
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Withdrawal 28 USC 157
Cause of Action: 28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference

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SECOND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] SCHEDULING ORDER 

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Peter G. McAllen (State Bar No. 107416) 

JONES DAY 

555 S. Flower St., 50th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 489-3939 

Facsimile: (213) 243-2539 

E-mail: pmcallen@jonesday.com 

Tobias S. Keller (State Bar No. 151445) 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-1500 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

E-mail: tkeller@jonesday.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 OF 

GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 OF 

GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON 

Plaintiff. 

vs. 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY 

Defendant. 

Case No. 07-3243 JSW 

Chapter 11 Case 

Bankr. Case No. 01-30923 DM 

SECOND STIPULATION 

SETTING BRIEFING AND 

HEARING SCHEDULE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON 

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Pursuant to Local Rule 7-7, Plaintiff Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant 

County, Washington (“Grant County”) and Defendant Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company (“PG&E”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby 

stipulate and agree, and respectfully request an order of the Court, as follows: 

WHEREAS, Grant County filed its Motion for (I) Withdrawal of Reference 

of Proof of Claim and (II) Transfer of Venue Thereof to the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of Washington (the “Motion”) in PG&E’s chapter 11 

bankruptcy case, Case No. 01-30923 DM, pending in the United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division (the 

“Bankruptcy Court”); 

WHEREAS, the Motion has been transferred to this Court and assigned to 

Judge Jeffrey S. White and designated Case No. 07-3243 JSW; 

WHEREAS, on July 24, 2007, this Court entered an order (docket no. 3) 

approving the Stipulation Setting Briefing and Hearing Schedule (the “July 24 

Scheduling Order”), which set the dates and page limits for the filing of certain 

briefs by the parties in connection with the Motion and set a hearing for the Motion 

on September 14, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, on August 2, 2007, the Clerk for this Court filed a notice 

(docket no. 4) indicating that the hearing on the Motion would be moved from 

September 14, 2007 to October 12, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. and that the briefing schedule 

set in the July 24 Scheduling Order would remain the same; and 

WHEREAS, in light of the movement of the hearing on the Motion, the 

parties desire additional time to brief the issues set forth in Motion, while leaving 

the Court with sufficient time to review all relevant pleadings prior to the hearing. 

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NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto stipulate and agree: 

1. The hearing on the Motion shall take place before the Court on 

October 12, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel my be heard. 

2. Any opposition to the Motion and any related supporting materials 

must be served and filed no later than September 5, 2007 in compliance with the 

local rules of this Court and Judge White’s civil standing orders; provided, 

however, that any brief in support of such opposition may not exceed 25 pages in 

length, exclusive of title pages, indices of cases, table of contents, exhibits and 

summaries of arguments.1

4. Any reply to an opposition will be subject to the 15 page limit set forth 

in Judge White’s civil standing orders, and must be filed along with any related 

supporting materials no later than September 21, 2007.2

5. The briefing and hearing schedule, and page limits, set forth herein 

may be modified by further order of the Court on motion of Grant County or PG&E 

for good cause shown, or on the Court’s own motion. 

The parties hereto respectfully request that the Court enter an Order 

according to these stipulated terms. 

 

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 The deadline for filing oppositions and supporting materials was August 24, 

2007 in the July 24 Scheduling Order. 

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 The deadline for filing replies and supporting materials was August 31, 

2007 in the July 24 Scheduling Order. 

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SECOND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] SCHEDULING ORDER 

Dated: August 17, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

JONES DAY 

By: /s/ Peter G. McAllen 

Peter G. McAllen, CA SB#107416 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 OF 

GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON 

HOWARD, RICE, NEMEROVSKI, 

CANADY, FALK & RABKIN 

By: /s/ Gary M. Kaplan 

GARY M. KAPLAN, CA SB#155530 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _______________, 2007 

_______________________ 

Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

United States District Judge 

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August 17

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

DENIED WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

Judge Jeffrey S. White

Denied without prejudice for parties to 

show good cause for extension of time.

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