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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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1608844v1 

STIPULATION TO FURTHER EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

ROBERT P. SORAN (Bar No. 169577) 

rsoran@downeybrand.com 

JANLYNN R. FLEENER (Bar No. 169385) 

jfleener@downeybrand.com 

ASHLEY M. BOULTON (Bar No. 285305) 

aboulton@downeybrand.com 

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: 916.444.1000 

Facsimile: 916.444.2100 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Goose Pond Ag, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

Goose Pond Ag, Inc., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Duarte Nursery, Inc., a California corporation; 

James Duarte, an individual; John Duarte, an 

individual; and DOES 1 through 25, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:19-CV-02631-KJM-AC 

STIPULATION TO FURTHER EXTEND 

TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; 

ORDER

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STIPULATION TO FURTHER EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

STIPULATION 

Goose Pond Ag, Inc. (“Goose Pond”) filed the complaint in this action on December 31, 

2019. 

Defendants Duarte Nursery, Inc., James Duarte, and John Duarte (together “Duarte 

Defendants”) have been served personally or by substituted service, rather than by notice and 

acknowledgement. 

Goose Pond and Duarte Defendants agreed to extend Duarte Defendants’ deadline to 

respond to the complaint to February 20, 2020, and the court approved the extension of time by 

order entered January 31, 2020 (Doc. 11). 

The parties now wish to agree to a further, brief extension of Duarte Defendants’ deadline 

to respond to the complaint, to facilitate ongoing meet and confer discussions. Counsel for the 

parties have talked several times by telephone to meet and confer, and exchanged multiple emails 

with case authority and argument. Despite these diligent and good faith efforts, the parties need 

additional time to meet and confer on two issues raised by the allegations in Goose Pond’s 

complaint. 

To facilitate their ongoing discussions, the parties have stipulated to, and are requesting 

court approval of, a further two-week extension of time for Duarte Defendants to respond to the 

complaint. With the extension, Duarte Defendants’ new deadline to respond to the complaint will 

be March 5, 2020. This deadline is appropriate given the length of the complaint and the parties’ 

desire to continue their efforts to meet and confer on the pleadings. A status (pretrial scheduling) 

conference is currently scheduled for May 14, 2020. This extension will not affect that 

conference, or any other deadlines. 

DATED: February 20, 2020 DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

By: /s/ Robert P. Soran 

ROBERT P. SORAN 

JANLYNN R. FLEENER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Goose Pond Ag, Inc. 

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DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

DATED: February 20, 2020 BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL LLP 

By: /s/ Peter Prows 

 PETER PROWS 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Duarte Nursery, Inc., James Duarte, and John 

Duarte 

 

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DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

ORDER 

 Defendants shall have until March 5, 2020 to respond to the complaint. 

DATED: February 20, 2020. 

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