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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: HEARING DATES

BARBARA ENLOE HADSELL., ESQ. [S.B. #086021]

bhadsell@hadsellstormer.com

PATRICK DUNLEVY, ESQ. [S.B. #162722]

pdunlevy@hadsellstormer.com

LAUREN TEUKOLSKY, ESQ. [S.B. #211381]

lauren@hadsellstormer.com 

LAW OFFICE OF HADSELL & STORMER, INC.

128 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 204

Pasadena, California 91103-3664

Telephone: (626) 585-9600

Facsimile: (626) 585-9600

[Counsel For Plaintiffs Continued On Next Page]

Attorneys for All Plaintiffs

Robert A. Mittelstaedt #60359

Caroline Mitchell #143124

JONES DAY

555 California Street, 26 Fl. th

San Francisco, CA 94194-1500

Telephone: 415-626-3939

Fax: 415-875-5700

email: ramittelstaedt@jonesday.com

email: cnmitchell@jonesday.com

Attorneys for All Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY BOWOTO, et. al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

CHEVRON CORPORATION, et al.

 Defendants.

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Case No: C 99-02506 SI

JOINT STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: HEARING

DATE

Assigned to the Honorable 

Susan Illston

Courtroom #4, 19 Floor th

450 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco, California 94102

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Counsel for Plaintiffs 

(continued from first page)

THERESA TRABER, ESQ. [S.B.#116305]

tmt@tvlegal.com

BERT VOORHEES, ESQ. [S.B. #137623]

bv@tvlegal.com

JOCELYN SPERLING, ESQ. [S.B. #211714]

js@tvlegal.com

TRABER & VOORHEES

128 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 204

Pasadena, California 91103

Telephone: (626) 585-9611

Facsimile: (626) 577-7079

CINDY A. COHN, ESQ. [S.B.#145997]

cindy@eff.org

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

454 Shotwell St.

San Francisco, California 94110

Telephone: (415) 436-9333, Ext. 108

Facsimile: (415) 436-9993

RICHARD HERZ, ESQ.

rick@earthrights.org

MARCO SIMONS, ESQ. [S.B. #237314]

marco@earthrights.org

EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL

1612 K Street N.W., Suite 401

Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: (202) 466-5188

Facsimile: (202) 466-5189

MICHAEL S. SORGEN, ESQ. [S.B. #43107]

msorgen@sorgen.net

JOSHUA SONDHEIMER, ESQ. [S.B. #15200]

jsondheimer@sorgen.net

LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. SORGEN

240 Stockton Street, 9 Floor th

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 956-1360

Facsimile: (415) 956-6342

JOSE LUIS FUENTES, ESQ. [S.B.#192236]

jlf@wplc.net

SIEGEL & YEE

499 14th Street, Suite 220

Oakland, Ca 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-1200

Facsimile: (510) 444-6698

JUDITH BROWN CHOMSKY, ESQ.

jchomsky@igc.org

LAW OFFICES OF JUDITH BROWN

CHOMSKY

Post Office Box 29726

Elkins Park, PA 19027

Telephone: (215) 782-8367

Facsimile: (215) 782-8368 

JENNIFER M. GREEN, ESQ.

jgreen@ccr-ny.org

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

666 Broadway, 7 Floor th

New York, NY 10012

Telephone: (212) 614-6431

Facsimile: (212) 614-6499

PAUL HOFFMAN, ESQ. [S.B.# 71244]

hoffpaul@AOL.COM

SCHONBRUN, DESIMONE, SEPLOW, 

HARRIS & HOFFMAN LLP

723 Ocean Front Walk

Venice, California 90210

Telephone: (310) 396-0731

Facsimile: (310) 399-7040 

ROBERT D. NEWMAN, ESQ. 

[S.B. #086534]

rnewman@wclp.org

LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT D. NEWMAN

3701 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 208

Los Angeles, California 90010

Telephone: (213) 487-4727

Facsimile: (213) 487-0242

ANTHONY DICAPRIO, ESQ.

ad@humanrightslawyers.com

RATNER, DICAPRIO & CHOMSKY, LLP

110 E. 59 Street th

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 604 9466

Facsimile: (212) 604 9467 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: HEARING DATES

Whereas, the hearing on (a) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Adjudication of Defendants’ Affirmative

Defense Raising the Act of State Doctrine and (b) Defendants’ Renewed Motion for the Court to Request

the Views of the United States on the Impact of Adjudication of this Lawsuit on Foreign Relations with

Nigeria is currently set to be heard in this Court on February 3, 2006; and

Whereas, as part of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Adjudication,

Defendants submitted a Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment on the Act of State Doctrine and noticed that

Motion for February 3, 2006; and

Whereas, Plaintiffs believe they are entitled to more than one week to respond to Defendants’ Cross

Motion and Defendants have agreed to afford Plaintiffs additional time to respond; and

Whereas, the Plaintiffs and Defendants agree that, in the interests of judicial economy all of these

motions should be heard together,

The Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby jointly stipulate that:

1. Argument will be set for March 3, 2006 at 9:00 A.M. on (a) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary

Adjudication of Defendants’ Affirmative Defense Raising the Act of State Doctrine (b) Defendants’ CrossMotion for Summary Judgment on the Act of State Doctrine and (c) Defendants’ Renewed Motion for the

Court to Request the Views of the United States on the Impact of Adjudication of this Lawsuit on Foreign

Relations with Nigeria.

2. Plaintiffs will submit their Reply in Support of their Motion for Summary Adjudication/Opposition

to Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment on February 3, 2006.

3. Defendants will submit their Reply in Support of their Motion to Request the Views of the United

States on February 3, 2006. 

4. Defendants will submit their Reply in Support of their Cross Motion for Summary Judgment on

February 17, 2006.

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Dated: January 20, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

By /s/ 

 Richard Herz

EarthRights International

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

By /s/ 

 Caroline Mitchell 

JONES DAY

Attorneys for Defendants

It is so ordered. 

January , 2006

 

 Hon. Susan Illston, U.S.D.J.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

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