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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Property Damage

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GERALD M. LEVERETT, S. B. 55841 

 Attorney at Law 

1830 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 212 

Bakersfield, California 93301 

Post Office Box 1676 

Bakersfield, California 93303-1676 

Telephone: (661) 326-0234 

Fax: (661) 324-4960 

 

Attorney for Plaintiffs Wayne Billingsley, Wava 

Billingsley and California Agri Sprayers, Inc. 

KEVIN W. ALEXANDER, S.B. 175204 

J. L. SEAN SLATTERY, S.B. 210965 

GORDON & REES LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 1600 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone (619) 696-6700 

Fax: (619) 696-7124 

Attorneys for Defendant Loveland Industries, 

Inc. d.b.a. UAP West 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO 

WAYNE BILLINGSLEY, WAVA BILLINGSLEY ) CASE NO. CIV F 02 5853 REC DLB 

AND CALIFORNIA AGRI SPRAYERS, INC., ) 

A California Corporation ) JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE 

) TRIAL DATE

) 

Plaintiffs, ) [Local Rule 78-230(g); 83-143] 

) 

vs. ) 

) 

LOVELAND INDUSTRIES, INC. d.b.a. ) 

UAP WEST, a Colorado Corporation and ) 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive ) 

) 

Defendant(s) ) 

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COME NOW PLAINTIFFS WAYNE BILLINGSLEY, WAVA BILLINGSLEY AND 

CALIFORNIA AGRI SPRAYERS, INC. BY AND THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY OF 

RECORD GERALD M. LEVERETT AND DEFENDANTS LOVELAND INDUSTRIES, INC. 

D.B.A. UAP WEST BY AND THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD GORDON & 

REES, KEVIN ALEXANDER AND J. L. SEAN SLATTERY, WHO STIPULATE TO VACATE 

THE CURRENT TRIAL DATE AND TO CONTINUE TRIAL IN THE WITHIN ACTION; AND 

WHICH STIPULATION PROVIDES: 

BACKGROUND: 

1. Plaintiffs Billingsleys, the owners of certain real property located in the County of 

Tulare, State of California more particularly referred to by Tulare County Tax Assessors=

Numbers 338-070-006, 338-260-016, 338-070-005 and 338-070-006, being a portion of 

Section 32, Township 26 South, Range 26 East MDB&M. 

2. The above referred to real property is devoted to agricultural purposes and 

specifically three separate almond orchards. 

3. The orchards are owned by Plaintiff California Agri Sprayers, Inc., a California 

corporation. Plaintiffs Billingsleys are the owners of 100 percent of the shares of stock in 

California Agri-Sprayers, Inc. 

4. Only one of the three orchards owned by the Plaintiffs is the subject of the 

Plaintiffs= action. For illustrative purposes and information only, attached hereto and made 

a part hereof is a Tulare County Assessors= Parcel Map showing those parcels owned and 

the one parcel which is the subject of the within action, denoted as Asubject parcel@, Exhibit 

1. 

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5. During the pendency of this action, Plaintiffs= counsel underwent abdominal 

surgeries in February, Mach, June and November of 2004. The parties conducted 

discovery while 

accommodating counsel=s medical needs. 

6. The parties have exchanged Expert Witness Disclosures and have commenced 

Expert Witness Discovery and Depositions. 

7. Recently, however, factual developments regarding the subject orchard have 

occurred that may potentially affect the entire scope of this litigation. 

8. Counsel and experts for both parties are currently attempting to determine how, if 

at all, the scope of this litigation will change as a result of the aforementioned factual 

developments. 

9. Plaintiffs and Defendant believe that it is necessary to vacate the current trial date 

in order to conduct testing and further discovery as to the causes of the recent 

developments concerning the subject orchard and how, if at all, the scope of this litigation 

will change. 

10. Plaintiffs and Defendant wish to avoid a multiplicity of actions; avoid the 

necessity of prosecuting and defending a separate action involving the death of the new 

almond trees; to avoid the time, cost and expenses in prosecuting and defending a new 

and separate action; to avoid potentially inconsistent results which could occur as a result 

of litigating two separate actions; and to make appropriate and economic use of the Court=s 

time and resources. 

STIPULATION 

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WHEREFORE, based upon the above facts the parties hereto stipulate to vacate the 

current trial date of June 28, 2005 and further stipulate to reset a trial date according to the 

Court=s custom and practice. 

So stipulated. 

Date: APRIL 26, 2005 _Gerald M. Leverett, Esq. /S/_____

Wayne Billingsley, Wava Billingsley, 

By Gerald M. Leverett, Esq. 

Date: APRIL 26, 2005 Gerald M. Leverett, Esq._/S/_____ 

California Agri Sprayers 

By Gerald M. Leverett, Esq. 

So Stipulated. 

Date: APRIL 26, 2005 __J. L. Sean Slattery, Esq.__/S/___ 

Loveland Industries, Inc. d.b.a. 

UAP West 

By J.. L. Sean Slattery, Esq. 

ORDER 

The Court, having considered the Joint Stipulation of the parties hereto to vacate the 

current trial date, and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby approves the Stipulation. 

The trial date of June 28, 2005 in the above referenced matter is hereby vacated, to be reset 

by the Court and parties. 

IT IS ORDERED. 

DATE: _____April 27, 2005 __/s/ ROBERT E. COYLE____ 

ROBERT E. COYLE 

U.S DISTRICT JUDGE 

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