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Nature of Suit Code: 150
Nature of Suit: Overpayments &amp; Enforcement of Judgments
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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Michael J. Strumwasser (SBN 58413)

Fredric D. Woocher (SBN 96689)

Patricia T. Pei (SBN 274957)

STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000

Los Angeles, California 90024

Telephone: +1 310 576 1233

Facsimile: +1 310 319 0156

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY

David C. Powell (SBN 129781)

David S. Reidy (SBN 225904)

Jennifer R. Fearnow (SBN 246007)

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269

Attorneys for Defendants

METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC 

and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., successor 

by merger to WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC; 

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.; and DOES 1 through 

25,

Defendants.

No.: 2:10-CV-00291 MCE (CMK)

STIPULATION AND JOINT 

REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM 

COURT’S FEBRUARY 1, 2013, 

THIRD AMENDED PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER; AND 

ORDER 

 

Date action removed: February 4, 2010

Trial date: March 31, 2014

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WHEREAS on December 31, 2009, Plaintiff California Earthquake Authority (“Plaintiff”) 

filed its Verified Complaint in this Action;

WHEREAS Defendants Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 

successor by merger to Wachovia Bank N.A. (“Defendants”) removed this action on February 4, 

2010;

WHEREAS this Court issued a Scheduling Order on August 3, 2010 (see Docket No. 33); 

WHEREAS on July 22, 2011, the Parties jointly requested relief from the Court’s Scheduling 

Order (see Docket No. 36);

WHEREAS on July 25, 2011, Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. issued a Scheduling Order in this 

case providing that that disclosure of expert witnesses is due by March 20, 2012, a supplemental list 

of expert witnesses is due by April 10, 2012, expert discovery cut-off is May 10, 2012, and the last 

day to hear dispositive motions shall be July 13, 2012 (see Docket No. 37);

WHEREAS on August 31, 2011, the action was reassigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. 

(see Docket No. 38);

WHEREAS on October 24, 2011, this Court issued an Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order 

providing that that disclosure of expert witnesses is due by September 13, 2012, and the last day to 

hear dispositive motions shall be January 10, 2013 (see Docket No. 39);

WHEREAS on March 21, 2012, the Parties further jointly requested relief from the Court’s 

Scheduling Order (see Docket No. 42);

WHEREAS on March 27, 2012, this Court issued a Second Amended Pretrial Scheduling 

Order providing that disclosure of expert witnesses is due by February 7, 2013, a supplemental list of 

expert witnesses is due twenty (20) days thereafter (February 27, 2013), and the last day to hear 

dispositive motions shall be June 13, 2013 (see Docket No. 46);

WHEREAS on October 24, 2012, this Court issued an Order Continuing Trial. The 

October 7, 2013 jury trial date was vacated and continued to January 13, 2014 (see Docket No. 85);

WHEREAS fact discovery closed on December 3, 2012; 

WHEREAS on January 9, 2013, the Parties further jointly requested relief from the Court’s 

Scheduling Order (see Docket No. 125);

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WHEREAS on February 1, 2013, this Court issued a Third Amended Pretrial Scheduling 

Order providing that disclosure of expert witnesses is due by July 31, 2013, a supplemental list of 

expert witnesses is due thirty (30) days thereafter (August 30, 2013), and the last day to hear 

dispositive motions is November 14, 2013 (see Docket No. 127). Further, the Third Amended 

Pretrial Scheduling Order set a new trial date of March 31, 2014, and revised the pretrial schedule

accordingly (id.);

WHEREAS the Parties, after a concerted and good faith effort to coordinate the schedules of 

the parties, their counsel and the agreed upon mediator, have now confirmed an all-day mediation 

session scheduled for June 17, 2013, before the Honorable Edward Infante (Ret.) at JAMS in San 

Francisco, California; 

WHEREAS the Parties believe that an adjustment to the expert discovery deadlines in the 

Third Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order would permit them to focus their efforts on mediation and 

preserve resources by delaying work on expert reports, and that good cause exists for the 

continuance because the parties have worked diligently to coordinate the mediation and have 

otherwise completed fact discovery; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among Plaintiff California

Earthquake Authority and Defendants Metropolitan West Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A., successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, N.A., through the undersigned counsel, to jointly 

request relief from the Third Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order in this case, and request that the 

presently scheduled dates be moved as followed, or in accordance with such schedule as the Court 

may allow:

Present Schedule Jointly Requested Schedule

Expert Witness 

Disclosure/Report

July 31, 2013 September 30, 2013

Supplemental 

Disclosure/Report

30 days after designation of 

expert witnesses

(or August 30, 2013)

30 days after designation of 

expert witnesses 

(or October 30, 2013)

LD to Hear Dispositive 

Motions

November 14, 2013 January 9, 20141

 1 Parties to comply with the filing schedule outlined in this Court’s Third Amended Pretrial 

Scheduling Order (Docket No. 127 at p. 4).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: April 23, 2013 REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ David S. Reidy

David S. Reidy

Attorneys for Defendants 

Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo 

Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wachovia 

Bank, N.A.

DATED: April 23, 2013 STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

By /s/ Michael J. Strumwasser

Michael J. Strumwasser

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

California Earthquake Authority

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 26, 2013

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