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Nature of Suit Code: 245
Nature of Suit: Real Property Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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Application for Order Shortening Time/Order 

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LAW OFFICES OF 

REINER, SIMPSON TIMMONS 

& SLAUGHTER 

2851 Park Marina Drive, Suite 200 

Post Office Box 494940 

Redding, CA 96049-4940 

(530) 241-1905 

FAX (530) 241-0622 

Russell Reiner, State Bar No. 84461 

Robert G. Simpson, State Bar No. 67556 

Duane H. Timmons, State Bar No. 51710 

Todd E. Slaughter, State Bar No. 87753 

Stacy K. Larson, State Bar No. 238103

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WILLIAM FINLEY, a minor, by and 

through his guardian ad litem, Sara 

Finley, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ROSE ART INDUSTRIES, INC., 

believed to be a New Jersey corporation; 

TOYS ‘R’ US, an unknown business 

entity; MEGABLOKS, INC., a Canadian 

corporation; MEGABRANDS, INC., a 

Canadian corporation; and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

__ ______________________________ / 

NO. 2:06-CV-01661-DFL-CMK

PLAINTIFF'S EX PARTE 

APPLICATION FOR ORDER 

SHORTENING TIME; 

DECLARATION OF ROBERT G. 

SIMPSON; ORDER THEREON 

DATE: TBA 

TIME: TBA 

DEPT: TBA 

WILLIAM FINLEY, by and through his guardian ad litem, Sara 

Finley, respectfully requests that this Court grant an order pursuant to 

Local Rule 6-144, subdivision (e), to shorten time to hear Plaintiff's 

PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF MINOR'S COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT 

based on the facts contained herein. 

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DECLARATION OF ROBERT G. SIMPSON

I, Robert G. Simpson, declare the following: 

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law before all courts of 

the State of California, and the United States District Court of the 

Eastern District of California, and am a member of the law firm Reiner, 

Simpson, Timmons & Slaughter, attorneys for the plaintiff. As such, I am 

fully familiar with the facts and circumstances of this action of my own 

personal knowledge and, if called to testify thereto, could and would 

competently so testify. 

2. Pending the Court's approval, this case has settled in its 

entirety. 

3. The proposed settlement in this case includes a $100,000 

payout by Rose Art Industries, Inc., which will be used to fund an 

annuity plan, which is guaranteed to pay Plaintiff $100,000 upon his 

thirtieth birthday; $200,000 upon his fortieth birthday; and $418,000 

upon William's fiftieth birthday. 

4. Good cause exists for setting the hearing on this motion 

without the usual notice because the proposed annuity plan must be 

funded no later than October 15, 2007, to protect its guaranteed status. 

5. Counsel for Rose Art Industries, Inc., Mega Blocks, Inc., and 

Mega Brands, Inc. agree to this proposed order to shorten time. 

6. Plaintiff therefore requests that he be permitted to set his 

motion for hearing no later than October 8, 2007, and to serve notice of 

same by facsimile transmission within twenty-four hours of receiving 

the Court's notification of the hearing's date and time. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of 

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California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed the 20th day 

of September, 2007, at Redding, California. 

 

By: /s/_____________________

 ROBERT G. SIMPSON 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is ordered that: 

1. Plaintiff William Finley is hereby permitted to set his 

PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF MINOR'S COMPROMISE 

SETTLEMENT on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. (1:00 P.M. AK) 

via teleconference. The parties shall telephone the court at (907) 677-

6246. 

2. Plaintiff William Finley is hereby permitted to serve notice 

of said hearing by facsimile transmission. 

 

Dated October 3, 2007 

 /s/Ralph R. Beistline_________

 HON. RALPH R. BEISTLINE 

 U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, at Redding, California, certify to be true, that I am over the age of 

18 years of age, and not a party to the within action; my business address is 2851 Park 

Marina Drive, Suite 200, Redding, California 96001. 

I am familiar with this company's practice of placing its daily mail, with postage 

prepaid thereon, in a designated area for deposit in a U.S. mailbox in the City of Redding, 

California, after the close of the day's business. On the date shown below, I served the 

following document: 

PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER SHORTENING 

TIME; DECLARATION OF ROBERT G. SIMPSON; ORDER THEREON 

____ on the parties in said action, by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a 

sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid thereon, and placing said envelope 

in the area designated for outgoing daily mail, addressed as set forth below. 

___XX___ by facsimile transmission, reported as complete and without error, to the 

person(s) and number(s) set forth below: and a transmission report properly 

issued by the transmitting machine: FAX: 

Gregory Dyer 

JONES & DYER 

1800 J Street 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

916/552-5959 tel 

916/442-5959 fax 

Counsel for Defendant Mega Brands, Inc. 

Andrea Miller 

NAGELEY, MEREDITH & MILLER 

8001 Folsom Blvd., Suite 100 

Sacramento, CA 95826 

916/386-8282 tel 

916/386-8952 fax 

Counsel for Rose Art, Inc., et. al., and Toys 

‘R’ Us, Inc.

 I declare, under penalty of perjury according to the laws of the State of California, that 

the foregoing is true and correct. Executed September ____, 2007 at Redding, California 

 __________________________ 

LINDA SCOUBES 

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