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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 40:270 Miller Act

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FIFTH JOINT APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 2:06-CV-00883-WBS (DAD) 

MODIFYING THE MARCH 12, 2007 MODIFIED SCHEDULING ORDER 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for 

the use and benefit of ELECTRO TECH 

CORPORATION, 

 Use-Plaintiff, 

v. 

I.E.-PACIFIC, INC., MILLER/WATTS 

CONSTRUCTORS, INC., and ST. PAUL 

FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO: 2:06-CV-00883-WBS (DAD) 

AMENDED FIFTH JOINT APPLICATION 

AND ORDER MODIFYING THE MARCH 

12, 2007 MODIFIED SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

Assigned for all purpose to: 

Hon. Dale A. Drozd, Courtroom No. 27 

Complaint Filed: April 24, 2006 

Trial Date: September 28, 2007 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

I.E.-Pacific, Inc., Miller/Watts Constructors, Inc., St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance 

Company, and Electro Tech Corporation (the “Parties”), through their respective counsel of 

record, respectfully submit this Fifth Joint Application and [Proposed] Order Modifying the 

July 24, 2006 Scheduling Order, the December 27, 2006 Modified Scheduling Order, the 

February 22, 2007 Modified Scheduling Order and the March 12, 2007 Modified Scheduling 

Order. By this application, the Parties jointly agree to an extension of certain discovery 

deadlines while maintaining the dates for the pre-trial conference and trial. 

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The Parties have been working diligently to gather and produce documents Both I.E.-

Pacific and Electro Tech believe they have produced all of their respective documents to the 

other. Over the last month, Electro Tech and I.E.-Pacific have exchanged thousands of pages 

of additional documents which must be reviewed by each party’s counsel and experts prior to 

the deposition of fact witnesses and production of expert reports. 

The deadline to complete fact witness discovery and produce expert reports and rebuttal 

expert reports was established based on the assumption that the documents would be produced 

in ample time for the Parties’ counsel and experts to review them, prepare for depositions, 

develop opinions and prepare expert reports. Unfortunately, production of documents occurred 

substantially within the last month and the deadline to serve expert reports is in less than two 

weeks and the fact discovery cut off is in less than a month. The Parties believe their fact 

witness depositions, expert reports and rebuttal expert reports will be more thorough and 

meaningful if all facts have been discovered and documents have been reviewed. 

The requested modifications to the timeline set in the Scheduling Order would not 

impact the Court’s calendar. The Parties’ stipulation relates to the timeline for fact discovery 

and expert reports only, and will not impact the final pretrial conference calendared for August 

3, 2007, or the trial set for September 29, 2007. 

Even under the modified schedule, the Parties will exchange expert reports by June 1, 

2007, 63 days before the pretrial conference and 121 days before the trial. Similarly, the 

Parties will complete fact discovery and exchange their expert rebuttal reports by June 15, 

2007, 48 days before the pretrial conference and 106 days before trial. The Parties do not 

believe modifying these dates will interfere with the deadline to complete expert discovery as 

that deadline is June 29, 2007, two weeks after the expert rebuttal reports will be due. 

For the foregoing reasons, and for good cause, the parties jointly apply to modify the 

March 12, 2007 Modified Scheduling Order. The parties request an extension to the following 

pretrial proceedings: 

1. The Parties shall disclose experts and produce reports in accordance with 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(a)(2) by no later than June 1, 2007. 

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2. All fact discovery (except for interrogatories and requests for admission which 

were to be complete by January 15, 2007), including requests for production of documents, 

subpoenas for the production of documents, and depositions of fact witnesses is left open, save 

and except that it shall be conducted as to be completed by June 15, 2007. 

3. All other dates shall remain as stated in the March 12, 2007 Modified 

Scheduling Order. 

This Joint Application and [Proposed] Order Modifying The March 12, 2007 Modified 

Scheduling Order reflects a full and complete agreement between the Parties. 

DATED: May 14, 2007 MARKS, GOLIA & FINCH, LLP 

By:____________/s/______________________ 

 JASON R. THORTON 

 ANDREA L. PETRAY 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

I.E.-Pacific, Inc., and Defendants Miller/Watts 

Constructors, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and Marine 

Insurance Company 

DATED: May 14, 2007 THELEN REID BROWN 

RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP 

By:______________/s/____________________ 

 JOHN W. RALLS 

 JEFFREY A. WILCOX 

Attorneys for Use-Plaintiff Electro Tech 

Corporation 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 15, 2007. 

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