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Nature of Suit Code: 150
Nature of Suit: Overpayments &amp; Enforcement of Judgments
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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Sandeep G. Agarwal, Esq., SBN 210598

LAW OFFICES OF SANDEEP G. AGARWAL

13428 Maxella Avenue, Suite 238

Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Tel: (866) 844-4125

Fax: (866) 844-4127

Attorneys for Defendants

CORNERSTONE VALVE, LLC and NITESH K. GUPTA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAKERSFIELD PIPE & SUPPLY, INC., a 

California Corporation doing business as 

PALADON AMERICAS,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CORNERSTONE VALVE, LLC, a Texas 

Limited Liability Corporation; NITESH K. 

GUPTA; and DOES 1 to 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:14-cv-01445---JLT

STIPULATION TO FILE EXHIBIT “A” TO 

THE STIPULATED DIMISSAL AND 

ORDER THEREON UNDER SEAL; AND 

PROPOSED ORDER

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The parties have reached a settlement in this case. Counsel for defendants and 

defendants wish to keep the terms of the settlement confidential and under seal. Courts 

regularly grant protective orders to protect confidential settlements agreements. Phillips v. 

GMC, 307 F.3d 1206, 1212 (9th Cir.2002) (citing Hasbrouck v. BankAmerica Hous. Servs., 187 

F.R.D. 453, 455 (N.D.N.Y. 1999) and Kalinauskas v. Wong, 151 F.R.D. 363, 365-67 (D. Nev. 

1993)). 

The parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court order that the settlement 

agreement and mutual release attached as Exhibit “A” to the document entitled “STIPULATED 

DISMISSAL AND ORDER THEREON” be filed under seal unless and until the defendants are 

in default under the terms of the settlement agreement and mutual release. The parties shall be 

entitled to seek to have the settlement agreement and mutual release attached as Exhibit “A”

unsealed in the event that either party seeks to enforce any of the terms set forth in the 

settlement agreement and mutual release and the party not seeking enforcement of the 

agreement will take no action to oppose any such effort by the moving party. 

Dated: July 7, 2016

__/s/ Matthew C. McCartney____________

MATTHEW C. MCCARTNEY

Attorney for Bakersfield Pipe & Supply, Inc.

Dated: July 7, 2016 //s// Sandeep G. Agarwal, Esq._

Sandeep G. Agarwal, Esq.

Attorney for Defendants CORNERSTONE 

VALVE, LLC and NITESH K. GUPTA

ORDER

Based on the within stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby 

orders as follows:

1. The document entitled stipulated dismissal and order thereon will be filed 

electronically without Exhibit “A” (the settlement agreement and mutual release) attached. 

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2. Exhibit “A” (the settlement agreement and mutual release) to the stipulated 

dismissal and order thereon will be separately filed under seal according to Local Rule 141.

3. A party seeking to enforce the agreement shall be entitled to seek to have Exhibit 

“A” (the settlement agreement and mutual release) unsealed in the event that the moving party 

seeks to take any action to enforce the settlement agreement and mutual release.

Dated:___________ Signed:_______________________

Jennifer L. Thurston

UNTITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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