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

MODIFYING THE DECEMBER 27, 2006 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) 

THIRD JOINT APPLICATION AND 

ORDER MODIFYING THE DECEMBER 

27, 2006 MODIFIED SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

Assigned for all purpose to: 

Hon. Dale A. Drozd, Courtroom No. 27 

Complaint Filed: April 24, 2006 

Trial Date: July 31, 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 Third Joint Application and [Proposed] Order Modifying the 

December 27, 2006 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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THIRD AMENDED APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 2:06-CV-00883-WBS (DAD) 

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MARKS, GOLIA & 

FINCH, LLP 

3900 Harney Street 

First Floor 

San Diego, CA 92110 

(619) 293-7000 

The Parties have propounded requests for production of documents and served their 

responses but none of the Parties have exchanged documents. All parties have been working 

diligently to obtain responsive documents from their respective clients but such documents 

only recently become available. 

The deadline for expert reports and rebuttal expert reports was established based on the 

assumption that the documents would be produced in ample time for the Parties’ experts to 

review them, develop opinions and prepare the reports. Unfortunately, the Parties have not 

exchanged documents and the deadline to serve expert reports is in less than two weeks. The 

Parties believe their expert reports and rebuttal reports will be more thorough and meaningful 

if the opinions are based on all facts and documents. 

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

impact the Court’s calendar. The Parties’ stipulation relates to the timeline for expert reports 

only, and will not impact the final pretrial conference calendared for June 4, 2007, or the trial 

set for July 31, 2007. 

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

March 16, 2007, 80 days before the pretrial conference and 137 days before the trial. 

Similarly, the Parties will exchange their expert rebuttal reports by April 6, 2007, 59 days 

before the pretrial conference and 116 days before trial. The Parties do not believe modifying 

these two dates will not interfere with the deadline to complete expert discovery as that 

deadline is April 27, 2007, three weeks after the expert rebuttal reports will be due. 

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

December 27, 2006 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 March 16, 2007. 

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

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MARKS, GOLIA & 

FINCH, LLP 

3900 Harney Street 

First Floor 

San Diego, CA 92110 

(619) 293-7000 

2. With regard to expert testimony intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall 

be disclosed and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, Rule 

26(a)(2) on or before April 6, 2007. 

3. All other dates shall remain as stated in the July 24, 2006 Scheduling Order and 

the December 27, 2006 Modified Scheduling Order. 

This Joint Application and [Proposed] Order Modifying The December 27, 2006 

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

DATED: February 21, 2007 MARKS, GOLIA & FINCH, LLP 

By:___/s/ Andrea L. Petray, Esq._______ ___

P. RANDOLPH FINCH JR. 

ANDREA L. PETRAY 

JON F. GAUTHIER 

Attorneys for I.E.-Pacific, Inc., Miller/Watts 

Constructors, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and 

Marine Insurance Company 

DATED: February 21, 2007 THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & 

STEINER LLP 

By:___/s/ Jeffrey A. Wilcox, Esq.__________

 JOHN W. RALLS 

JEFFREY A. WILCOX 

Attorneys for Electro-Tech Corporation 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 22, 2007.

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