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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND ENE DEADLINE AND CONTINUE CMC; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN FITZPATRICK VANNUCCI 

JOHN FITZPATRICK VANNUCCI (State Bar No. 174329) 

100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415.981.7500 

Facsimile: 415.981.5700 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

MICHAEL WALKER and TASHELL MITCHEL 

SEDGWICK LLP 

NICHOLAS J. BOOS (State Bar No. 233399)

nicholas.boos@sedgwicklaw.com

KARA L. DIBIASIO (State Bar No. 294547) 

kara.dibiasio@sedgwicklaw.com

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2834 

Telephone: 415.781.7900 

Facsimile: 415.781.2635 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITRIN AUTO and HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, 

FINANCIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, UNITRIN 

DIRECT PROPERTY and CASUALTY COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHAEL WALKER, TASHELL 

MITCHEL, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITRIN AUTO AND HOME INSURANCE 

COMPANY, FINANCIAL INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, UNITRIN DIRECT 

PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY 

and DOES 1 TO 25, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:14-cv-03161--EMC

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE TO COMPLETE EARLY 

NEUTRAL EVALUATION AND 

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CIVIL L.R. 6.2 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND ENE DEADLINE AND CONTINUE CMC; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, plaintiffs Michael Walker (“Walker”) and Tashell Mitchel 

(“Mitchel”), and defendants Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Company (“Unitrin Auto”), 

Financial Indemnity Company (“FIC”), and Unitrin Direct Property and Casualty Company 

(“Unitrin Direct”), by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree that: 

(1) The parties agreed to participate in Early Neutral Evaluation; 

(2) On October 9, 2014, the Court ordered the parties to complete Early Neutral 

Evaluation by December 24, 2014; 

(3) The parties were scheduled to participate in an Early Neutral Evaluation session 

on December 18, 2014; 

(4) Plaintiffs Walker and Mitchel state that they were not able to submit their brief 

seven days in advance of the December 18, 2014 Early Neutral Evaluation session due to power 

outages causing building closures at plaintiffs’ counsel’s office caused by recent inclement 

weather; 

(5) As a result, the parties did not participate in an Early Neutral Evaluation on 

December 18, 2014; 

(6) The parties have submitted their respective Early Neutral Evaluation briefs to the 

neutral evaluator; 

(7) The parties are working to reschedule the Early Neutral Evaluation session, and 

have agreed to participate in an Early Neutral Evaluation session on January 28, 2015; 

(8) With the Court’s permission, the deadline to complete the Early Neutral 

Evaluation shall be extended to January 29, 2015; and 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND ENE DEADLINE AND CONTINUE CMC; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

(9) The parties respectfully request that the Further Case Management Conference 

currently set for January 29, 2015 be continued to February 12, 2015 or a date thereafter 

convenient for the Court in light of the parties’ agreement to participate in an Early Neutral 

Evaluation session on January 28, 2015. 

IT IS SO AGREED, STIPULATED, AND RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 

DATED: December 23, 2014 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN FITZPATRICK VANNUCCI 

By: /s/ John F. Vannucci

John Fitzpatrick Vannucci 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

MICHAEL WALKER and TASHELL MITCHEL 

DATED: December 23, 2014 SEDGWICK LLP 

By: /s/ Kara L. DiBiasio

Nicholas J. Boos 

Kara L. DiBiasio 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITRIN AUTO and HOME INSURANCE 

COMPANY, FINANCIAL INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, UNITRIN DIRECT PROPERTY and 

CASUALTY COMPANY 

Attestation Regarding Signatures: Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), Kara L. DiBiasio 

hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from each of the 

other signatories identified above, which shall serve in lieu of their signatures on the document. 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND ENE DEADLINE AND CONTINUE CMC; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

ORDER

Having considered the parties’ Stipulation to Extend the Deadline to Complete Early 

Neutral Evaluation and Continue Case Management Conference pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, and 

the associated declaration, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED that the deadline 

for the parties to complete Early Neutral Evaluation shall be January 29, 2015, and the Case 

Management Conference scheduled for January 29, 2015 shall be continued to February 12, 

2015. The parties shall file with the Court a Joint Case Management Statement by February 5, 

2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

Hon. Edward M. Chen 

United States District Judge 

1/5/15

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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