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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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Stipulation and Order to Continue Trial Date / Case No. CIV-S-03-2155 MCE DAD 

YOUNG .WARD 

Bradley L. Young (SBN: 127027) 

Jennifer J. Lothert (SBN: 225776) 

995 Morning Star Drive, Suite C 

Sonora, California 95370 

Telephone: (209) 536-2750 

LAW OFFICE OF RHONDA MILLER 

Rhonda A. Miller (SBN: 180610) 

10073 Valley View Street #231 

Cypress, California 90630-4601 

Telephone: (714) 527-7147 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

WENCESLADA McDONALD 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Carolyn A. Knox (SBN: 181317) 

Robin M. Hardy (SBN: 192489) 

Krista L. Mitzel (SBN: 221002) 

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 397-2823 

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WENCESLADA McDONALD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH 

AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. CIV-S-03-2155 MCE DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE TRIAL DATE

Pursuant to L.R. 83-143 and the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order, dated December 22, 

2003, the parties hereby stipulate to continuing the trial date, currently scheduled for June 8, 

2005, to a date no earlier than late-July 2005. 

Good cause exists to grant the continuance because the parties intend to engage in 

settlement negotiations before mediator Ramsay Weisenfeld, Esq. on June 8, 2005. The parties 

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wish to engage in mediation on this date because the parties were unable to engage in serious 

settlement negotiations until the decision on their respective motions for summary judgment and 

summary adjudication was issued on March 15, 2005. Further, although the parties have begun 

diligently preparing for trial, there are still outstanding expert depositions which need to be taken 

and which may not be completed until late-May or early-June 2005. Plaintiff refrained from 

taking expert depositions prior to a decision on the parties’ dispositive motions in order to 

prevent possible unnecessary costs and attorneys’ fees. 

The parties intend to make a good-faith effort to resolve this action at mediation but will 

require a brief continuance of the trial date in order to fully and meaningfully engage in 

mediation and adequately prepare for trial, if necessary. The interests of judicial efficiency 

would be best served by a granting of a brief continuance of the trial date. 

DATED: April _____, 2005 Respectfully Submitted, 

LAW OFFICE OF RHONDA A. MILLER 

By_________________________________

Rhonda A. Miller 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

WENCESLADA McDONALD 

DATED: April _____, 2005 Respectfully Submitted, 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

By _________________________________

Carolyn A. Knox 

Robin M. Hardy 

Krista L. Mitzel 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the stipulation between the parties by and through counsel, and for good cause 

appearing, it is ordered that the jury trial currently scheduled for June 8, 2005, is continued to 

September 14, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. 

A Joint Pretrial Statement, filed in accordance with the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order, 

shall filed no later than July 25, 2005. 

A pretrial conference shall be held on August 8, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. 

The parties shall produce all trial exhibits to Amanda Souvannarath, the Courtroom clerk, 

no later than 3:00 p.m. on September 7, 2005. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: April 20, 2005 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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