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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE -- C09-02388 JW

Andrew B. Downs, SBN 111435

E-Mail: andy.downs@bullivant.com 

Norman J. Ronneberg, Jr., SBN 68233 

E-Mail: norman.ronneberg@bullivant.com 

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 

601 California Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: 415.352.2700 

Facsimile: 415.352.2701 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

United States Fire Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

VESTA STRATEGIES, LLC, a limited liability 

company; SAMUEL W. HENKA, an 

individual, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: C 09-02388 JW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Old Date: September 19, 2011 

New Date: October 17, 2011 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

THOMAS DILLON, as Receiver for Vesta 

Strategies, LLC, 

Counter-Claimant, 

vs. 

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation, 

Counter-Defendant. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

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 Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant United States Fire Insurance Company (“U.S. Fire”) and 

Defendant and Counter-Claimant Thomas Dillon, as the Court-Appointed Receiver for Vesta 

Strategies, LLC and Excalibur Group, LLC (the “Receiver”), submit the following stipulation to 

continue the September 19, 2011 Case Management Conference in the above-captioned matter to 

October 17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. 

RECITALS

A. The Court scheduled a Case Management Conference in the above-captioned 

matter for September 19, 2011 (Doc. No. 246, p. 12); 

B. A Case Management Conference has also been scheduled for September 19, 2011 

in the related case, Dillon v. Continental Casualty Company; Case No. C 10-05238 JW (the 

“Continental Action”); 

C. The Receiver is a party to both this action and the Continental Action, and is 

represented by Hollister & Brace in both actions; 

D. Counsel for Continental has a scheduling conflict and cannot attend the Case 

Management Conference in the Continental Action that is scheduled for September 19, 2011; 

E. The parties in this action and the Continental Action have met and conferred, and 

all counsel are available on October 17, 2011 for Case Management Conferences in both this 

action and the Continental Action; and 

F. The parties to the Continental Action, the Receiver and Continental Casualty 

Company, will also be submitting a stipulation and proposed order to continue the September 19, 

2011 Case Management Conference in that action to October 17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. 

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STIPULATION

 Based on the foregoing, the Receiver and U.S. Fire hereby stipulate to the continuance of 

the September 19, 2011 Case Management Conference in the above-captioned matter to October 

17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. The parties further request that the deadline to file a Joint Case 

Management Statement is continued from September 9, 2011 to October 7, 2011. 

 

Dated: September 1, 2011 HOLLISTER & BRACE

By: /s/ Robert L. Brace (via e-mail auth.) 

Robert L. Brace 

Peter L. Candy 

Attorneys for Defendant and CounterClaimant, Thomas Dillon 

Dated: August 31, 2011 BULLIVANT HOUSER & BAILEY, PC

By: /s/ Andrew B. Downs 

 Andrew B. Downs 

 Norman J. Ronneberg, Jr. 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterDefendant, United States Fire Insurance 

Company 

ORDER

 The Court, having considered the stipulation of United States Fire Insurance Company 

and Thomas Dillon, as the Court-Appointed Receiver for Vesta Strategies, LLC and Excalibur 

1031 Group, LLC, and good cause appearing therefore, hereby ORDERS that: 

1. The September 19, 2011 Case Management Conference in the above-captioned matter 

is continued to October 17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.; and

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2. The deadline to file a Joint Case Management Statement is continued from September 

9, 2011 to October 7, 2011. 

Dated: ________________ 

 

Chief United States District Judge 

September 2, 2011

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