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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Property Damage

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Motion To Continue CMC and [Proposed] 

Order CV-08-03058 SI 

DEBRA S. BELAGA (S.B. #83237) — dbelaga@omm.com

RANDALL W. EDWARDS (S.B. #179053) — redwards@omm.com

ROBIN M. WALL (S.B. #235690) — rwall@omm.com

FLORA F. VIGO (S.B. #239643) — fvigo@omm.com

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center 

28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LENNAR-BVHP, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LENNAR-BVHP, LLC, a California 

limited liability company, 

Plaintiff,

v.

CH2M HILL, INC., a Florida 

corporation, and CH2M HILL 

COMPANIES, LTD., an Oregon 

corporation,

Defendants. 

Case No. CV-08-03058 SI 

MOTION TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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- 2 - Motion To Continue CMC and [Proposed] 

Order CV-08-03058 SI 

Plaintiff Lennar-BVHP, LLC (“Lennar-BVHP”) requests that the Court continue 

the Initial Case Management Conference currently scheduled for October 10, 2008 at 2:00 

p.m. The current conference date conflicts with another federal trial being handled by 

Lennar-BVHP’s counsel, and a later date also would promote efficiency. 

 Randall Edwards is counsel for Lennar-BVHP in this action and would have 

principal responsibility at the Initial Case Management Conference. Mr. Edwards also is 

lead counsel in the matter of Peoples v. County of Contra Costa, Northern District Court 

Case No. C-07-0051 MHP. The Peoples matter presently is scheduled to begin trial 

before the Honorable Judge Marilyn H. Patel on October 7, 2008 -- three days before the 

Initial Case Management Conference in this action. Trial in the Peoples matter is 

expected to continue through much of October. Because of this scheduling conflict, Mr. 

Edwards would be unable to attend the Initial Case Management Conference in this case if 

it remained on its current date. Mr. Edwards’s partner Debra Belaga likewise has a 

conflict due to a long trial scheduled to begin in San Diego on October 16. 

 On September 24, 2008, Mr. Edwards spoke with Deborah Ballati, counsel for 

CH2. Ms. Ballati indicated that CH2 believes the claims in this case are subject to 

arbitration. Without prejudice to that position, CH2 did not indicate a specific objection 

to Lennar-BVHP’s desire to request a short continuance of the Initial Case Management 

Conference presently scheduled for October 10. 

 In addition, a short continuance may promote efficiency. Lennar-BVHP has not 

yet served Defendants CH2M Hill, Inc. and CH2M Hill, Ltd. (“CH2”) with the Summons 

and Complaint in this matter because the parties have been engaged in discussions 

regarding a potential resolution. If these discussions are unsuccessful, Lennar will be able 

to serve CH2 by at least October 21, 2008, which is 120 days after the Complaint was 

filed in this case.

Accordingly, Lennar respectfully requests that the Court reschedule the Initial Case 

Management Conference to November 14, 2008, or as soon thereafter as the Conference 

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- 3 - Motion To Continue CMC and [Proposed] 

Order CV-08-03058 SI 

may be held.1

This motion is made pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1 and 6-3. Lennar-BVHP makes this 

request for good cause and not for the purpose of delay. The declaration of Randall 

Edwards accompanies this motion. 

Dated: September 30, 2008 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Randall W. Edwards 

 Randall W. Edwards 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lennar-BVHP 

 

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 Mr. Edwards has a separate conflict out of the state on November 7, 2008. 

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- 4 - Motion To Continue CMC and [Proposed] 

Order CV-08-03058 SI 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the currently scheduled Case Management 

Conference is continued to __________________________. The parties must file a joint 

case management statement with the Court at least seven days in advance of the 

conference.

Dated: _______________, 2008 

 Honorable Susan Illston 

 United States District Judge 

SF1:728821.1

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November 21, 2008 @ 2 p.m.

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