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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP 

Robert S. Robinson, SBN 131461 

Nevin C. Brownfield, SBN 225175 

879 West 190th Street, Suite 700 

Gardena, California 90248-4227 

Tel: (310) 768-3068 

Fax: (310) 719-1019 

Attorneys for Defendants AFFINIA GROUP INC. (erroneously sued 

as “AFFINIA PRODUCTS CORPORATION”), BECK/ARNLEY 

WORLDPARTS CORPORATION, DANA CORPORATION, and 

HERITAGE EQUITY GROUP, INC. 

Meegan, Hanschu & Kassenbrock 

Peter J. Pullen, Esq., SBN 109388 

1545 River Park Drive, Suite 550 

Sacramento, CA 95815 

Tel: (916) 925-1800 

Fax: (916) 925-1265 

Attorneys for Plaintiff AUTOMOTIVE IMPORTING 

MANUFACTURING, INC. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AUTOMOTIVE IMPORTING 

MANUFACTURING, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

BECK/ARNLEY WORLDPARTS 

CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, DANA CORPORATION, 

a Virginia corporation, THE 

CYPRESS GROUP, a New York 

company, AFFINIA PRODUCTS 

CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, also known as AFFINIA 

or AFFINIA GROUP, INC., and 

HERITAGE EQUITY GROUP, INC., 

a corporation, and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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CASE NO: 2:05-CV-01577-MCE-PAN 

(Removed from Sacramento 

County Superior Court, Case 

No. 05AS02872) 

STIPULATION OF PARTIES STAYING 

ENTIRE MATTER AND ALL DATES 

WHILE PARTIES COMPLETE 

PRIVATE MEDIATION 

(PER LOCAL RULE 6-144); ORDER 

THEREON 

Action Removed: 08/09/05 

Action Filed in 

Superior Court: 06/30/05 

Trial Date: None 

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TO THE HONORABLE MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., JUDGE OF 

THE DISTRICT COURT: 

Plaintiff Automotive Importing Manufacturing, Inc., on the one hand, 

and Defendants Beck/Arnley Worldparts Corporation, Dana Corporation, 

Affinia Group Inc. (erroneously sued as "Affinia Products Corporation"), 

and Heritage Equity Group, Inc., on the one hand, hereby stipulate, as 

follows: 

RECITALS

1. Plaintiff Automotive Importing Manufacturing, Inc. initiated this 

case on June 30, 2005 in the Sacramento Superior Court as Case No. 

05AS02872; 

2. Defendants removed this case to The United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California on August 9, 2005; 

3. The Parties, through their respective counsel, have agreed to 

undertake a private mediation before mediator Don Pearson, Esq.; 

4. The Parties believe a 75-day stay of the matter will save costs 

associated with this matter and will foster resolution of the case; 

5. The Parties believe that it will avoid costs and expenses, and is 

otherwise in the interest of justice, to institute a 75-day stay of the matter 

and all dates, including the filing of responsive pleadings, making of initial 

disclosures, and holding of status conferences and other hearings, to 

November 29, 2005. 

STIPULATION

Plaintiff Automotive Importing Manufacturing, Inc., by and through its 

counsel of record, Meegan, Hanschu & Kassenbrock, and Defendants 

Beck/Arnley Worldparts Corporation, Dana Corporation, Affinia Group Inc. 

(erroneously sued as "Affinia Products Corporation"), and Heritage Equity 

Group, Inc. by and through their counsel of record, Bowman and Brooke 

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LLP, hereby stipulate to stay this matter for 75 days, including the filing of 

responsive pleadings, making of initial disclosures, and holding of status 

conferences and other hearings and all dates, to and including November 

29, 2005, while the Parties complete private mediation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: September _____, 2005 MEEGAN, HANSCHU & 

 KASSENBROCK 

 By: 

Peter J. Pullen 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

AUTOMOTIVE IMPORTING 

MANUFACTURING, INC. 

DATED: September_____, 2005 BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP 

 By: 

Robert S. Robinson 

Nevin C. Brownfield 

Attorneys for Defendant AFFINIA 

GROUP INC. (erroneously sued 

herein as “AFFINIA PRODUCTS 

CORPORATION”), DANA 

CORPORATION, BECK/ARNLEY 

WORLDPARTS CORPORATION, 

and HERITAGE EQUITY GROUP, 

INC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 20, 2005 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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