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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1333 Admiralty

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STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT; 

ORDER - Case No. 12-cv-1834-MCE-KJN

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JOHN D. GIFFIN, CASB No. 89608

john.giffin@kyl.com 

JENNIFER M. PORTER, CASB No. 261508 

jennifer.porter@kyl.com 

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 

A Professional Corporation 

450 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94133 

Telephone: (415) 398-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 981-0136 

Attorneys for Specially Appearing Party 

SK SHIPPING CO., LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KTB OIL CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

M/V CIELO DI TOKYO, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 12-cv-1834-MCE-KJN

STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE A RESPONSE TO THE 

COMPLAINT; ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED BY THE PARTIES that 

Specially-Appearing Party, SK SHIPPING CO., LTD. (“SK Shipping”) be granted a 

thirty (30) day extension by which to respond to the Complaint filed by Plaintiff KTB 

OIL CORPORATION (“Plaintiff”) on the following grounds: 

1. On July 11, 2012 , Plaintiff commenced this immediate Action 

claiming damages in the amount of US$158,766.16 and seeking a warrant for arrest of 

SK Shipping’s vessel, M/V CIELO DI TOKYO (“Vessel”) in the Eastern District of 

California; 

2. On July 12, 2012, the Vessel was arrested pursuant to the Court’s 

warrant for arrest while at the Port of Stockton, California. 

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3. On July 13, 2012, the parties entered an Escrow Agreement by which 

SK Shipping deposited US$215,000.00 in the Court’s Registry, allowing for the 

immediate release of the Vessel. 

4. The parties are currently engaging in informal discovery in an effort 

to resolve this matter without the aid of the Court. The Plaintiff has requested certain 

documentation, which will be necessary to achieve a commercial resolution of this 

matter, from the physical supplier of the fuel oil in New Jersey. Upon receipt of those 

documents, the parties will continue to negotiate settlement. 

5. SK Shipping, however, is required to respond to the Complaint by 

September 7, 2012. 

6. Whereas, good cause exists to extend SK Shipping’s time to respond 

to the Complaint as the parties are actively negotiating a resolution of this lawsuit. 

Such an extension would allow the parties further time to locate and exchange essential 

evidence regarding the bunker fuel and allow the parties to continue settlement 

negotiations rather than engage in lengthy and expensive motion practice by which SK 

Shipping intends to challenge the propriety of the arrest of the Vessel and counterclaim 

against KTB for damages arising from the delivery of off-spec bunkers to the ship. 

Accordingly, the parties agree that the interests of judicial economy would be served by 

extending SK Shipping’s time to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint by thirty (30) days. 

 Based on the foregoing, the parties have agreed to and request a Court 

Order for an extension to October 5, 2012 by which SK Shipping must respond to the 

Complaint. 

DATED: September 6, 2012 /s/ Jennifer M. Porter 

JOHN D. GIFFIN 

JENNIFER M. PORTER 

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 

Attorneys For Specially Appearing Party 

SK Shipping Co., Ltd. 

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STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT; 

ORDER - Case No. 12-cv-1834-MCE-KJN

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DATED: September 6, 2012 / s/ Daniel Berberich 

BRADLEY M. ROSE 

DANIEL BERBERICH 

KAYE ROSE & PARTNERS, LLP 

For itself and on behalf of 

KTB OIL CORPORATION 

ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 10, 2012 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END: 

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