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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO INTERVENE AND RULE 27 

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SAGASER, JONES & HELSLEY

2445 Capitol Street, 2nd Floor 

Post Office Box 1632 

Fresno, California 93717-1632 

Telephone: (559) 233-4800 

Facsimile: (559) 233-9330 

Timothy Jones #119841 

John P. Kinsey #215916 

Attorneys for: Petitioners Central Green Company; Oak Grove Investors, and Larry L. Freels 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION 

In the Matter of 

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER HOLDING 

CONTRACTS NOS. 3 AND 6 

Case No.: 1:07-MC-31-SMS 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON 

MOTION TO INTERVENE AND RULE 

27 PETITION 

PERPETUATE TESTIMONY 

CENTRAL GREEN COMPANY; OAK 

GROVE INVESTORS; and LARRY L. 

FREELS, 

Petitioners, 

AND 

UNITED STATES BUREAU OF 

RECLAMATION, 

Potentially Adverse Party. 

 WHEREAS on October 19, 2007, Petitioners Central Green Company, Oak 

Grove Investors, and Larry L. Freels (collectively “Petitioners”) filed their Verified Petition to 

Perpetuate Testimony pursuant to Rule 27 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the “Rule 

27 Petition”). 

 WHEREAS the Court subsequently scheduled a hearing on the merits of the 

Rule 27 Petition for December 7, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in Department 7. 

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 WHEREAS Chowchilla Water District and Madera County Farm Bureau (the 

“Applicants”) filed their Notice of Intent to File: (1) Motion to Intervene, and (2) Opposition to 

Petition to Perpetuate Testimony on November 20, 2007. 

 WHEREAS the Respondent the United States Bureau of Reclamation filed its 

Statement of No Opposition to Petition to Perpetuate Testimony; Request to Attend by 

Telephone on November 20, 2007. 

 WHEREAS, to accommodate the request of Applicants for additional time to 

brief the above issues during the holidays, Petitioners rescheduled the hearing on the merits of 

the Rule 27 Petition for January 18, 2008. 

 WHEREAS the parties wish to modify the hearing dates and briefing schedules 

for both the Applicants’ Motion to Intervene and Applicants’ Opposition to Petition to 

Perpetuate Testimony on November 20, 2007 (if Applicants are provided intervenor status). 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Petitioners, Respondent 

the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and the Applicants, through their respective counsel, 

that Court modify the hearing dates for Applicants’ Motion to Intervene and the Rule 27 

Petition as follows: 

1. The Applicants’ Motion to Intervene shall be heard on January 18, 2008, 

at 9:30 in Department 7. 

2. Petitioners’ Opposition to Applicants’ Motion to Intervene shall be filed 

on or before December 21, 2007. 

3. Applicants’ Reply Briefing on the Motion to Intervene shall be filed on 

or before January 9, 2008. 

4. The Court shall conduct its hearing on Petitioners’ Rule 27 Petition on 

February 8, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. in Department 7. COURT is not available and Petition will 

be heard on February 15, 2008 at 9:30a.m. in Department 7.

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5. If the Court affords intervenor status to Applicants, Petitioners shall 

submit their Reply to Applicants’ Opposition to Petition to Perpetuate Testimony on or before 

January 30, 2008. 

DATED: December 4, 2007 SAGASER, JONES & HELSLEY 

By /s/ John P. Kinsey 

 John P. Kinsey, Attorneys for Petitioners 

Central Green Company, Oak Grove 

Investors, and Larry L. Freels 

DATED: December 4, 2007 FITZGERALD, ABBOTT & BEARDSLEY 

By /s/ Barry H. Epstein 

 Barry H. Epstein, Attorneys for Chowchilla 

Water District and Madera County Farm 

Bureau 

DATED: December 4, 2007 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

By /s/ Yoshinori H.T. Himel 

 Yoshinori T. Himel, Attorneys for Respondent 

the United States Bureau of Reclamation 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 12/5/2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 The Honorable Sandra M. Snyder 

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