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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANTS’ PENDING MOTIONS TO 

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SAGASER, JONES & HAHESY

2445 Capitol Street, 2nd Floor 

Post Office Box 1632 

Fresno, California 93717-1632 

Telephone: (559) 233-4800 

Facsimile: (559) 233-9330

Timothy Jones #119841 

William C. Hahesy #105743 

John P. Kinsey #215916 

Attorneys for: Defendants John R. Lawson and John R. Lawson Rock & Oil, Inc., 

a California Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FLYING J, INC., a Utah Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

THOMAS PISTACCHIO, an individual, 

DELORES PISTACCHIO, an individual, 

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA KENWORTH, 

a California corporation, JOHN R. 

LAWSON, an individual; JOHN R. 

LAWSON ROCK & OIL, INC., a 

California Corporation. 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 1:03-CV-06706 OWW LJO 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON 

DEFENDANTS’ PENDING MOTIONS 

TO DISMISS AND ANTI-SLAPP 

MOTIONS 

 WHEREAS on December 18, 2006, Defendants Thomas Pistacchio, Delores 

Pistacchio, and Central California Kenworth (the “Pistacchio Defendants”) filed (1) a motion 

to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, (2) a motion to 

dismiss and/or abstain pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and 

(3) a motion to strike and/or dismiss all claims pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure, 

Section 425.16 (the “Pistacchio Motions”); 

 WHEREAS on December 21, 2006, Defendants John R. Lawson and John R. 

Lawson Rock & Oil (the “Lawson Defendants”) filed (1) a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 

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12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, (2) a motion to dismiss and/or abstain 

pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and (3) a motion to strike 

and/or dismiss all claims pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 425.16 (the 

“Lawson Motions”); 

 WHEREAS the Pistacchio Defendants and the Lawson Defendants are 

collectively referred to herein as the “Defendants”; 

 WHEREAS the Court conducted a telephonic conference with the parties on 

February 21, 2007, concerning Plaintiff Flying J, Inc.’s (“Flying J”) request to conduct certain 

discovery for purposes of opposing Defendants’ respective Motions to Strike under California 

Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16; 

 WHEREAS, to accommodate such discovery, the Court issued its March 26, 

2007, Order Concerning the Conduct of Depositions of Thomas Pistacchio, John R. Lawson 

and David Gruwell re Defendants’ Motions to Strike Under California Code of Civil Procedure 

Section 425.16, wherein this Court ordered “that the previously scheduled briefing and hearing 

schedule on Defendants’ Motions shall be suspended pending a revised schedule to be agreed 

on between the parties and submitted to this Court for approval . . . .”; 

 WHEREAS Flying J has taken the depositions of Thomas Pistacchio and John 

R. Lawson, but has not yet taken the deposition of David Gruwell; 

 WHEREAS Flying J intends to take the deposition of David Gruwell July 19, 

2007, and July 20, 2007; 

 WHEREAS, after Flying J has taken the deposition of David Gruwell, the 

parties will need to submit further briefing in connection with Defendants’ respective AntiSLAPP Motions, as well as Defendants’ respective motions to dismiss pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure, Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6); 

 WHEREAS the parties have come to an agreement concerning the further 

briefing schedule and hearing on the Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson Motions; 

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 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Flying J and Defendants, 

through their respective counsel, that the briefing and hearing schedule in connection with the 

Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson Motions shall be as follows: 

1. Flying J shall file and serve its briefing in opposition to the Pistacchio Motions 

and the Lawson Motions on or before August 6, 2007; 

2. The Lawson Defendants and the Pistacchio Defendants shall each file and serve 

their briefing in reply to Flying J’s opposition to the Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson 

Motions on or before August 30, 2007; 

3. The Court shall conduct the hearing on the Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson 

Motions on September 10, 2007, in Courtroom 3 of the above-referenced Court at 10:00 a.m. 

DATED: July 9, 2007. MANATT PHELPS AND PHILLIPS LLP 

By: /s/ Matthew S. Urbach 

 Matthew S. Urbach, 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Flying J, Inc. 

DATED: July 10, 2007. SAGASER, JONES & HAHESY

By: /s/ John P. Kinsey 

John P. Kinsey, Attorneys for Defendants 

John R. Lawson and John R. Lawson Rock 

& Oil, Inc. 

DATED: July 10, 2007. BAKER KEENER AND NAHRA

By: /s/ Daniel Patrick Leonard 

Daniel Patrick Leonard, Attorneys for 

Defendants Thomas Pistacchio, Delores 

Pistacchio, and Central Calif. Kenworth 

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ORDER

 The Court having reviewed the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing 

therefor: 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the briefing and hearing schedule in 

connection with the Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson Motions shall be as follows: 

1. Flying J shall file and serve its briefing in opposition to the Pistacchio Motions 

and the Lawson Motions on or before August 6, 2007; 

2. The Lawson Defendants and the Pistacchio Defendants shall each file and serve 

their briefing in reply to Flying J’s opposition to the Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson 

Motions on or before August 30, 2007; 

3. The Court shall conduct the hearing on the Pistacchio Motions and the Lawson 

Motions on September 10, 2007, in Courtroom 3 of the above-referenced Court at 10:00 a.m. 

DATED: __July 10_____, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

 Honorable Oliver W. Wanger 

United States District Judge 

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