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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING INITIAL 

DISCLOSURES UNDER FED.R.CIV.P.26(a)(1) 

John H. Feeney - 083395 

Thomas J. D'Amato - 219174 

MURPHY, PEARSON, BRADLEY & FEENEY 

88 Kearny Street, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108-5530 

Tel: (415) 788-1900 

Fax: (415) 393-8087 

Attorneys for Defendants 

STANTON, KAY & WATSON, JAMES WATSON AND EDWARD MEVI 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

 

PENSION TRUST FUND FOR THE OPERATING 

ENGINEERS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MCMORGAN & COMPANY, LLC, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-00904-WBS-EFB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR 

PROVIDING INITIAL DISCLOSURES 

UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a)(1) 

Honorable William B. Shubb 

Plaintiffs PENSION TRUST FUND FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 et al. and 

Defendants, MCMORGAN & COMPANY LLC and DAVID HOWARD ("McMorgan Defendants"), 

LIFFEY, LLC ("Liffey"), STANTON, KAY & WATSON, JAMES WATSON and EDWARD MEVI 

("Stanton Defendants")and WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD and BARRY HINKLE 

("Weinberg Defendants"), by and through their counsel, hereby stipulate to an extension of time to 

provide initial disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1). Good cause exists for the stipulated 

extension. 

RECITALS

1. Counsel for Liffey will be unable to confer with their client in preparing the required 

Rule 26(a)(1) initial disclosures due to the fact that its primary contacts at Liffey, with authority to 

approve said initial disclosures, will be unavailable over the next few days as they travel for the 

Christmas and New Year holidays. Due to their absence, Liffey will not be able to provide complete 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING INITIAL 

DISCLOSURES UNDER FED.R.CIV.P.26(a)(1) 

initial disclosures by the existing December 26, 2006 deadline; and 

2. Counsel for all parties, with the sole exception of PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & 

TAAFFE, met telephonically on August 18, 2006, and conferred on case management issues, including 

but not limited to Rule 26(a)(1) initial disclosures, in advance of the initial status conference; and 

3. All parties, with the sole exception of PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & TAAFFE, 

submitted a Joint Status Report on December 4, 2006. PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & TAAFFE 

did not submit any such statement in advance of the initial status conference. On December 15, 2006, 

the Court issued a Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order addressing discovery, pretrial matters, and setting 

a trial date in the cases ordered related by this Court (2:06-CV-00904, 2:06-CV-00905, and 2:06-CV00907); and 

4. PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & TAAFFE, has been granted until April 13, 2007 

to respond to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint. See Court Order, dated December 13, 2006. As 

such, PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & TAAFE is not affected by this joint stipulation to extend 

the deadline to provide initial disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1). 

STIPULATION

The parties request the Court to continue the deadline to provide initial disclosures under Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) from December 26, 2006 to January 12, 2007. The extension is sought to permit all 

parties to confer with their respective legal counsel in preparing, and in advance of providing, the 

required initial disclosures. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 20, 2006 MASTAGNI, HOLSTEDT, AMICK, MILLER, 

JOHNSEN & UHRHAMMER 

 /s/ Amanda Uhrhammer 

Amanda Uhrhammer, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

PENSION TRUST FUND FOR OPERATING 

ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 et al. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING INITIAL 

DISCLOSURES UNDER FED.R.CIV.P.26(a)(1) 

Dated: December 20, 2006 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

/s/ Tino Do 

Tino Do, Esq. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

McMORGAN & COMPANY LLC and 

DAVID HOWARD 

Dated: December 20, 2006 KEKER AND VAN NEST LLP 

 /s/ Rachael Meny 

Rachael Meny, Esq. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD and 

BARRY HINKLE 

Dated: December 20, 2006 MURPHY, PEARSON, BRADLEY & FEENEY 

 /s/ Thomas D'Amato 

Thomas D'Amato, Esq. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

STANTON, KAY & WATSON, 

JAMES WATSON and EDWARD MEVI 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING INITIAL 

DISCLOSURES UNDER FED.R.CIV.P.26(a)(1) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

THE PARTIES HAVING STIPULATED TO AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE TO 

PROVIDE INITIAL DISCLOSURES UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a)(1), AND GOOD CAUSE 

APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

1. The deadline for providing initial disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) is extended 

to January 12, 2007. 

Dated: December 21, 2006 

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