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Nature of Suit Code: 150
Nature of Suit: Overpayments &amp; Enforcement of Judgments
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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REED SMITH LLP

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

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No.: 2:10-CV-00291 MCE (GGH) – 1 –

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE PARTIES’ LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTOCOL

MICHAEL J. STRUMWASSER (SBN 58413)

FREDRIC D. WOOCHER (SBN 96689)

PATRICIA T. PEI (SBN 274957)

STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000

Los Angeles, California 90024

Tel.: (310) 576-1233 Fax: (310) 319-0156

E-mail: mstrumwasser@strumwooch.com

fwoocher@strumwooch.com

ppei@strumwooch.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

California Earthquake Authority

David C. Powell (SBN 129781)

Email: dpowell@reedsmith.com

Jesse L. Miller (SBN 183229)

Email: jessemiller@reedsmith.com

Christopher C. Foster (SBN 253839)

Email: CFoster@reedsmith.com

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105-3659

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269

Attorneys for Defendants

Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wells 

Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to 

Wachovia Bank, N.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES, LLC; 

WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.; and DOES 1 through 

25,

Defendants.

No.: 2:10-CV-00291 MCE (GGH)

STIPULATION AND ORDER ON 

PARTIES’ LIMITED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND PROTOCOL

Date action removed: February 4, 2010

Trial date: October 7, 2013

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE PARTIES’ LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTOCOL

WHEREAS, Plaintiff California Earthquake Authority (“CEA”) and Defendants 

Metropolitan West Securities LLC (“MetWest”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger 

to Wachovia Bank, N.A. (collectively, “Defendants”) have been meeting and conferring in good 

faith to finalize a protective order and discovery protocol regarding the data contained on 

Defendants’ last backup tape of defendants’ prior e-mail system (“MetWest GroupWise Backup 

Tape”); 

WHEREAS, the parties submitted a stipulation on July 3, 2012 anticipating that a minimum 

of two additional weeks would be needed to locate and retrieve the tape and obtain technical 

information regarding the cost of the restoration of the MetWest GroupWise Backup Tape, and the 

Court granted that stipulation on July 6, 2012; 

WHEREAS, Defendants have located and obtained the MetWest GroupWise Backup Tape, 

but do require additional time to obtain technical information regarding the cost of its restoration; 

WHEREAS, the parties anticipate that three additional weeks will be necessary in order to 

obtain that technical information and finalize the discovery protocol;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among Plaintiff California

Earthquake Authority and Defendants Metropolitan West Securities, LLC and Wachovia Bank,

N.A., through the undersigned counsel, that the parties be permitted an additional three weeks within 

which to reach an agreement on the limited discovery protocol. The parties shall file the Backup 

Tape Protocol and Protective Order as soon as practicable but in no case later than Tuesday, 

August 7, 2012 without further order of the Court.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: July 17, 2012 REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ Christopher Foster

David C. Powell

Jesse L. Miller

Christopher C. Foster

Attorneys for Defendants Metropolitan West 

Securities, LLC and Wachovia Bank, N.A.

DATED: July 17, 2012 STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP

By____/s/ Patricia Pei_____________________________

Michael J. Strumwasser

Fredric D. Woocher

Patricia T. Pei

Attorneys for Plaintiff California Earthquake 

Authority

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: July 19, 2012 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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The Honorable Gregory G. Hollows 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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