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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Property Damage

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

DOWNEY BRAND LLP

WILLIAM R. WARNE (Bar No. 141280)

MICHAEL J. THOMAS (Bar No. 172326)

ANNIE S. AMARAL (Bar No. 238189)

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814-4731

Telephone: (916) 444-1000

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100

bwarne@downeybrand.com

mthomas@downeybrand.com

aamaral@downeybrand.com

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 2:09-CV-02445-KJM-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING DAMAGES EXPERT 

DEADLINES

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS

Plaintiff the United States of America (“United States”) and Defendants/Cross-Defendants 

Sierra Pacific Industries, Eunice Howell, individually and d/b/a/ Howell’s Forest Harvesting and 

W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc., Landowner Defendants (collectively “Defendants”) through their 

respective counsel, hereby submit the following Stipulation and Proposed Order Regarding 

Damages Expert Deadlines. 

RECITALS

1. On February 11, 2010, this Court entered its Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order 

that, among other things, provided that amendment would only be allowed by leave of Court with 

good cause shown. On August 31, 2010, this Court amended its Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) 

Order upon the request of Sierra Pacific, for good cause shown. Subsequently, on August 31, 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

2010, and March 15, 2011, the Court issued Minute Orders amending and resetting certain dates 

in the Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order. Pursuant to a stipulation submitted by the parties on 

March 25, 2011, the Court issued an order on March 28, 2011, that briefly extended the nondamages expert disclosure deadline by approximately one month. Additionally, pursuant to a 

stipulation submitted by the parties on May 19, 2011, the Court issued an order on May 23, 2011,

that further extended expert-related deadlines, setting the damages expert disclosure deadline on

August 30, 2011, and setting the expert discovery cutoff on November 15, 2011.

2. On June 16, 2011, the parties exchanged their non-damages expert disclosures, 

disclosing a total of over forty experts. Pursuant to a stipulation submitted by the parties on July 

5, 2011, the Court issued an order on July 7, 2011, that extended the non-damages rebuttal expert 

disclosure deadline by approximately one week, to July 25, 2011. Additionally, pursuant to a 

stipulation submitted by the parties on July 20, 2011, the Court issued an order on July 22, 2011, 

that extended the non-damages rebuttal expert disclosure deadline to August 1, 2011. 

3. The current deadline for the parties to disclose damages experts is August 30, 

2011. To facilitate an efficient and organized disclosure of damages experts, after meeting and 

conferring, the parties have agreed to modify the current scheduling order as it relates to the 

disclosure of damages. 

STIPULATION

4. The deadline to serve and disclose damages experts and reports is modified as 

follows: (a) on September 2, 2011, the parties will disclose those damages experts that relate to 

their affirmative claims or affirmative defenses pertaining to damages; (b) on September 23, 

2011, the parties will disclose their damages rebuttal experts to the previously disclosed damages 

experts; and (c) on October 14, 2011, the parties will disclose sur-rebuttal experts and reports to 

those rebuttal damages expert reports disclosed on September 23, 2011. Good cause exists for 

this agreed modification of damages expert disclosures, at it provides for an efficient and 

organized disclosure of the damages experts.

5. This staggering of the damages expert deadlines will not affect the rest of the 

schedule or deadlines in this action. 

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6. All remaining dates and deadlines as set by the Court in its August 31, 2010 Order, 

and as modified by the Court’s August 31, 2010, March 15, 2011, March 28, 2011, May 23, 

2011, July 7, 2011, and July 22, 2011 Orders, are otherwise unaffected by this Stipulation and 

Proposed Order.

7. IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: August 19, 2011 U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

By: /s/ Kelli Taylor (as authorized on 08-19-11) 

KELLI TAYLOR

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DATED: August 19, 2011 DOWNEY BRAND LLP

By: /s/ William R. Warne

WILLIAM R. WARNE

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant 

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

DATED: August 19, 2011 RUSHFORD & BONOTTO, LLP

By: /s/ Phil Bonotto (as authorized on 08-19-11)

PHIL BONOTTO

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Defendants

EUNICE HOWELL, INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a

HOWELL’S FOREST HARVESTING

DATED: August 19, 2011 MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME, LLP

By: /s/ Richard S. Linkert (as authorized on 08-19-11)

RICHARD S. LINKERT

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Claimants

W.M. BEATY & ASSOCIATES and

LANDOWNER DEFENDANTS

(Brooks Walker et al.)

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ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the parties’ Stipulation Regarding Damages Expert

Deadlines. For the reasons stated in the Stipulation and for good cause showing, the Court 

ADOPTS the Stipulation and GRANTS the relief requested therein.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the deadline to serve damages expert 

disclosures and reports is modified as follows: (a) on September 2, 2011, the parties will disclose 

all damages experts and reports that relate to their affirmative claims or affirmative defenses 

pertaining to damages; (b) on September 23, 2011, the parties will disclose any rebuttal experts

and reports to the previously disclosed damages experts; and (c) on October 14, 2011, the parties 

will disclose sur-rebuttal experts and reports to those rebuttal damages experts disclosed on 

September 23, 2011. All other dates and deadlines as set by the Court’s August 31, 2010 Order, 

and as modified by the Court’s August 31, 2010, March 15, 2011, March 28, 2011, May 23, 

2011, July 7, 2011, and July 22, 2011 Orders, remain as set and are otherwise unaffected by this 

Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 23, 2011. 

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