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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BAP)

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#107572 v1 - Cone. Stip to Cnt USDC Briefing Schedule w/SCIF 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO 

In re: 

CONE ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS, 

INC., a California Corporation, 

 Reorganized Debtor. 

Civil No. CV 05-02137 PJH 

Bankruptcy Case No. 02-45803 J11 

Chapter 11 Proceeding 

STIPULATION FURTHER 

EXTENDING TIME TO FILE 

BRIEFS; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON 

This Stipulation is entered into by and between Reorganized Debtor Cone 

Engineering Contractors, Inc. (“Appellant”) and Claimant State Compensation Insurance 

Fund (“Appellee”), and is made with reference to the following facts and circumstances: 

 1. On May 4, 2005 the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of 

California “(Bankruptcy Court”) entered its order denying Appellant’s objections to the claims filed 

by Appellee in Appellant’s bankruptcy case (“Order”), and a memorandum in support of the Order 

entitled “Decision: Debtor’s Objections to Amended Claims Nos. 168 and 172 Filed By State 

Compensation Insurance Fund” (the “Memorandum”). 

/ / / 

MARC J. WINTHROP (SBN 63218) 

ROBERT E. OPERA (SBN 101182) 

WINTHROP COUCHOT 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

660 Newport Center Drive, 4th Floor 

Newport Beach, CA 92660 

Telephone: (949) 720-4100 

Facsimile: (949) 720-4111 

Counsel to Reorganized Debtor/Appellant 

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 2. On or about May 13, 2005, Appellant filed its Notice of Appeal Re Order 

Overruling Debtor’s Objections To Amended Claims Nos. 168 And 172 Filed By State 

Compensation Insurance Fund, along with its Statement Of Election Pursuant To 28 U.S.C. 

Section 158(C) Of The Notice Of Appeal Re Order Overruling Debtor’s Objections To 

Amended Claims Nos. 168 And 172 Filed By State Compensation Insurance Fund. 

 3. Both Appellant and Appellee have filed their respective Statements of Issues 

and Designation of Documents to be Included in the Record on Appeal. 

 4. On June 13, 2005, this Court filed its Notice of Briefing. Pursuant to the 

Notice of Briefing, this Court fixed the dates for the filing of Appellant’s brief, which date 

triggers the filing date for the Appellee’s brief and Appellant’s reply brief. 

 5. Appellant and Appellee thereafter filed stipulations extending the time to file 

briefs with respect to the appeal, and the Court entered orders approving such stipulations. 

 6. Appellant and Appellee have been engaged in negotiations to settle the issues 

raised by the appeal. A settlement has now been reached and documented and is in the 

process of being executed by the parties. In order to have time sufficient to finalize the 

settlement, and to obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an order approving the settlement, 

Appellant and Appellee desire to extend, for a period of approximately thirty (30) days from 

the date of this Stipulation, all of the dates associated with the Notice of Briefing. 

 7. Upon Appellant’s obtaining from the Bankruptcy Court an order approving the 

settlement negotiated between Appellant and Appellee, Appellant will withdraw its appeal 

pending before this Court. 

NOW THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing recitals, and for good and valuable 

consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged by the parties, and the 

parties intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as 

follows: 

A. The time within which Appellant must file and serve its brief is extended 

to and including October 10, 2005. 

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B. Appellee’s brief shall be filed and served twenty (20) days after service 

of Appellant’s brief. 

C. Appellant’s reply brief, if any, shall be filed and served ten (10) days 

after service of Appellee’s brief. 

D. No notice or appearance shall be necessary to effectuate the foregoing. 

DATED: September 12, 2005 WINTHROP COUCHOT 

 PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

 By: /s/ 

 Robert E. Opera 

 Attorneys for Cone Engineering Contractors, 

 Inc., Appellant 

DATED: September 13, 2005 STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE 

 FUND 

 By: /s/ 

 James E. Armstrong 

 Attorney for State Compensation Insurance 

 Fund, Appellee 

O R D E R

Based upon the foregoing stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________ By: ________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

9/15/05 NO FURTHER CONTINUANCES WILL 

BE GRANTED.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Paul S. Tu, declare as follows: 

I am employed in the County of Orange, State of California; I am over the age of 

eighteen years and am not a party to this action; my business address is 660 Newport Center 

Drive, 4th Floor, Newport Beach, California 92660, in said County and State. 

On September 13, 2005 I served the following document: STIPULATION 

FURTHER EXTENDING TIME TO FILE BRIEFS; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON on each of the interested parties: 

Reorganized Debtor

Roger Cone, President 

Cone Engineering Contractors, Inc. 

4 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 100 

San Ramon, CA 94583 

Office of the United States Trustee 

Attention: Andrew Velez-Rivera, Esq. 

1301 Clay Street, Suite 690N 

Oakland, CA 94612-5217 

State Compensation Insurance Fund 

James E. Armstrong, Esq. 

1275 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

by the following means of service: 

BY MAIL: I placed a true copy in a sealed envelope addressed as indicated 

above, on the above-mentioned date. I am familiar with the firm's practice of 

collection and processing correspondence for mailing. It is deposited with the 

U.S. Postal Service on that same day in the ordinary course of business. Under 

that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same date 

with postage thereon fully prepaid at Newport Beach, California in the ordinary 

course of business I am aware that on motion of party served, service is presumed 

invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after 

date of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

I am employed in the office of Winthrop Couchot Professional Corporation, 

Robert E. Opera, is a member of the bar of this court. 

(FEDERAL) I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and 

correct. 

Executed on September 13, 2005, at Newport Beach, California. 

/s/ 

PAUL S. TU 

_______

Initials 

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