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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Property Damage

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

DOWNEY BRAND LLP

WILLIAM R. WARNE (Bar No. 141280)

MICHAEL J. THOMAS (Bar No. 172326)

ANNIE S. AMARAL (Bar No. 238189)

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814-4731

Telephone: (916) 444-1000

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100

bwarne@downeybrand.com

mthomas@downeybrand.com

aamaral@downeybrand.com

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 2:09-CV-02445-KJM-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING EXPERT RELATED 

DEADLINES

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS

Plaintiff the United States of America (“United States”) and Defendants/CrossDefendants, Sierra Pacific Industries, Eunice Howell, individually and d/b/a/ Howell’s Forest 

Harvesting, W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc., Landowner Defendants, and Caterpillar Inc. 

(collectively “Defendants”) through their respective counsel, hereby submit the following 

Stipulation and Proposed Order Continuing Expert Related Deadlines. 

RECITALS

1. On February 11, 2010, this Court entered its Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order 

that, among other things, provided that amendment would only be allowed by leave of Court with 

good cause shown. On August 31, 2010, this Court amended its Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) 

Order upon the request of Sierra Pacific, for good cause shown. Subsequently, on August 31, 

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2010, and March 15, 2011, the Court issued Minute Orders amending and resetting certain dates 

in the Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order. Additionally, pursuant to a stipulation submitted by 

the parties on March 25, 2011, the Court issued an order on March 28, 2011, that briefly extended 

the non-damages expert disclosure deadline by approximately one month to May 31, 2011. 

2. Defendants believe good cause exists for a brief continuance of the Non-Damages

expert deadline because of ongoing discovery issues in this case. In order to avoid requiring the 

court to have to consider a motion on this issue, the United States is willing to agree to a twoweek extension of the Non-Damages expert deadline. To accommodate this brief extension, the 

parties have agreed to also briefly extend the Damages Expert Disclosure deadline and the Expert 

Discovery cut-off. 

3. All parties agree to the following extensions: to extend the Non-Damages Expert 

Disclosure deadline by two weeks, from May 31, 2011, until June 16, 2011; to extend the 

Damages Expert Disclosure deadline by four weeks, from July 30, 2011 to August 30, 2011; and 

to extend the expert discovery cut-off by one month, from October 17, 2011, to November 15, 

2011. 

4. A continuance of the Non-Damages Expert Disclosure deadline, Damages Expert 

Disclosure deadline, and Expert Discovery Cut-Off will not affect the rest of the schedule or 

deadlines in this action. 

STIPULATION

Based on the foregoing recitals, the parties hereby STIPULATE that: 

1. The deadline to serve Non-Damages Expert Disclosures is continued from May 

31, 2011, to June 16, 2011; the deadline to serve Damages Expert Disclosures is continued from 

July 30, 2011, to August 30, 2011; the deadline to complete Expert Discovery is continued from 

October 17, 2011, until November 15, 2011. 

2. This continuance will not affect the Dispositive Motion Deadline, the Pre-trial 

Conference date or the Trial date. 

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3. All remaining dates and deadlines as set by the Court in its August 31, 2010 

Order, and as modified by the Court’s August 31, 2010, March 15, 2011, and March 28, 2011 

Orders, are otherwise unaffected by this Stipulation and Proposed Order.

4. By entering into this stipulation, none of the parties waive any rights or arguments 

that they may otherwise have with respect to their ability to request additional continuances in 

this action if necessary. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: May 19, 2011 U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

By: /s/ Kelli Taylor (as authorized on 5/19/11)

KELLI TAYLOR

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DATED: May 19, 2011 DOWNEY BRAND LLP

By: /s/ William R. Warne

WILLIAM R. WARNE

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant 

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

DATED: May 19, 2011 RUSHFORD & BONOTTO, LLP

By: /s/ Phil Bonotto (as authorized on 5/19/11)

PHIL BONOTTO

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Defendants

EUNICE HOWELL, INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a

HOWELL’S FOREST HARVESTING

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DATED: May 19, 2011 MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME, LLP

By: /s/ Richard Linkert (as authorized on 5/19/11)

RICHARD S. LINKERT

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Claimants

W.M. BEATY & ASSOCIATES and

LANDOWNER DEFENDANTS

(Brooks Walker et al.)

DATED: May 19, 2011 SEDGWICK LLP

By: /s/ Frederic Grannis (as authorized on 5/19/11)

FREDERIC GRANNIS

Attorneys for Cross-Defendant

CATERPILLAR INC.

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ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the parties’ Stipulation To Continue Expert Related 

Deadlines. For the reasons stated in the Stipulation and for good cause showing, the Court 

ADOPTS the Stipulation and GRANTS the relief requested therein.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Non-Damages Expert Disclosure 

Deadline is now June 16, 2011, the Damages Expert Disclosure is now August 30, 2011; and the 

Expert Discovery Cut-off is now November 15, 2011. All other dates and deadlines as set by the 

Court’s August 31, 2010 Order, and as modified by the Court’s August 31, 2010, March 15, 

2011, and March 28, 2011 Orders, remain as set and are otherwise unaffected by this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 20, 2011. 

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