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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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JOSEPH F. SOARES–#212995

HORSWILL, MEDEROS & SOARES

Attorneys at Law

791 North Cherry Street

Post Office Box 29

Tulare, California 93275

Telephone: (559) 686-3861

Facsimile: (559) 686-1514

Attorneys for ALVIN L. SOUZA dba ALVIN SOUZA DAIRY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

-o0oALVIN L. SOUZA dba ALVIN SOUZA ) Case No. 1:10-CV-00832-AWI-GSA

DAIRY, )

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Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND ORDER

v. ) TO MOVE HEARING DATE

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LUIS OLIVEIRA FERNANDES, )

MARLENE A. FERNANDES, ind. and ) Hearing Date: June 21, 2010

dba FERNANDES FAMILY JERSEYS, ) Hearing Time: 1:30 p.m.

BRENT FERNANDES, A.L. GILBERT ) Courtroom: 2, Eighth Floor

COMPANY, a California corporation, ) Judge: Hon. Anthony W. Ishii 

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HAY )

GROWERS ASSOCIATION, UNITED )

STATES OF AMERICA ACTING )

THROUGH THE FARM SERVICE )

AGENCY, COUNTY BANK, and )

DOES 1 through 30, inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

____________________________________)

1. WHEREAS, on March 30, 2010, Plaintiff, ALVIN L. SOUZA dba ALVIN SOUZA

DAIRY (hereinafter “SOUZA”) filed a Complaint, for among other things, breach of contract,

negligence and declaratory relief in Merced County Superior Court, Case No. CV000950. Included

in the Complaint, SOUZA alleged that Defendant, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, was an

interested party as they may have held an interest in the Secured Collateral as did other named

defendants. 

2. WHEREAS, on May 11, 2010, Defendant, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

removed SOUZA’s state court action to this court.

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3. WHEREAS, on or about May 19, 2010, Defendant ,UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA, filed a Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

claiming, among other things, that SOUZA’s claim against the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

lacked jurisdiction over Rule 12(b)(1) and that dismissal must occur under Rule 12(b)(5) and

12(b)(6) because SOUZA failed to effect properservice and failed to state a claim upon which relief

can be granted. 

4. WHEREAS, both judicial and party economy are served by granting this Stipulation

and proposed Order to move the hearing date so that SOUZA and defendants may further discuss

settlement and resolution between the parties. Currently, SOUZA has entered into negotiations with

Defendants, LUIS OLIVEIRA FERNANDES and MARLENE A. FERNANDES, to resolve this

matter. The parties hope that these negotiations will ultimately lead to a settlement which would

result in the dismissal of the entire action.

STIPULATIONS

1. NOW THEREFORE, SOUZA by and through his attorney, Joseph F. Soares, the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and through its attorney, Jeffrey J. Lodge, hereby stipulate

that the hearing be moved, at a minimum for sixty (60) days so that the parties may continue to

discuss settlement between them and theymayfurther discuss other aspects of litigation in hopes that

the matter can be resolved. 

The above is so stipulated.

Dated: June ____, 2010 HORSWILL, MEDEROS & SOARES

By______________________________

JOSEPH F. SOARES,

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Souza 

Dated: June ____, 2010 _________________________________

JEFFREY J. LODGE,

Attorneys for Defendant, United States

of America

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CONFIRMING ORDER

The above stipulations are approved and the court grants the parties’request to staythe action

for sixty (60) days and to continue the Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

currently set for June 21, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. to August 23, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 2 before

the Honorable Anthony W. Ishii.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 4, 2010 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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