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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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M. Taylor Florence (SBN 159695)

John E. Spomer III (SBN 204938)

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

11335 Gold Express Drive, Suite 105

Gold River, California 95670-6310

Telephone: 916.852.9100

Facsimile: 916.852.5777

E-Mail: taylor.florence@bullivant.com

john.spomer@bullivant.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

NOLL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

EMPLOYEE STOCK 

OWNERSHIP AND TRUST

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

GREGORY JOHNSON, WILLIAM

RODWELL AND EDWARD RANGEL,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CLAIR R. COUTURIER, JR., DAVID R.

JOHANSON, ROBERT E. EDDY AND THE

NOLL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

AND TRUST,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:05-CV-02046 RRB KJM

STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF

TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’

COMPLAINT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

(L.R. 6-144(a))

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a), which allows for parties to stipulate to extend the

time in which to respond to a complaint with the approval of the Court, the parties hereby

present a joint Stipulation and Order that the deadline for defendants to respond to plaintiffs’

Complaint be extended by twenty (20) days, up to and including December 19, 2005.

Plaintiffs filed their Complaint under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act

of 1974 (ERISA) on October 11, 2005. The parties stipulated to a nineteen (19) day initial

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extension of time, up to and including November 28, 2005, for defendants to respond to the

Complaint.

Currently, defendant Noll Manufacturing Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan

And Trust (“The Plan”) is contemplating the appointment of an independent fiduciary with

respect to this litigation. Should an independent fiduciary be appointed, counsel for The Plan

will request the opportunity to consult with that independent fiduciary prior to filing a first

appearance on behalf of the ESOP.

Additionally, the respective counsel for each of the defendants recently have received

several boxes of documents from their clients pertaining to the voluminous factual averments

and allegations in plaintiffs’ Complaint. Counsel require additional time to fully review all

of this material and complete their analysis of plaintiffs’ claims so that they may respond in a

manner that will ensure that the best interests of their clients are protected.

Finally, plaintiffs will not be prejudiced by this additional brief extension to respond. 

The parties are currently awaiting a new scheduling order in light of the recent reassignment

of this matter to Judge Beistline. Accordingly, the parties do not believe that the requested

extension will adversely affect the timing of this action in any way.

Therefore, the parties respectfully and jointly stipulate to the proposed Order

continuing the deadline for defendants to respond to plaintiffs’ Complaint by twenty (20)

days, up to and including December 19, 2005.

It is so stipulated.

Dated: November 28, 2005

SHAYNE & GREENWALD COMPANY, LPA

By __/s/____________________________

Anne Marie La Bue 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Dated: November 28, 2005

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

By ___/s/___________________________

M. Taylor Florence 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NOLL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

EMPLOYEE STOCK 

OWNERSHIP AND TRUST

Dated: November 28, 2005

MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP

By ___/s/___________________________

D. Ward Kallstrom 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CLAIR R. COUTURIER, JR., DAVID R.

JOHANSON AND ROBERT E. EDDY

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING AND IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE,

IT IS ORDERED that the deadline for defendants to answer or otherwise respond to

plaintiffs’ Complaint shall be extended from November 28, 2005 to December 19, 2005.

DATED: November 29, 2005 /s/ 

RALPH R. BEISTLINE

JUDGE OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

4203190.1

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