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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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PHILIP C. HUNSUCKER (SBN 135860)

BRIAN L. ZAGON (SBN 142403)

MARC SHAPP (SBN 266805)

HUNSUCKER GOODSTEIN PC

3717 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 200

Lafayette, CA 94549

Telephone: (925) 284-0840

Facsimile: (925) 284-0870

LEE N. SMITH (SBN 138071)

PERKINS, MANN & EVERETT, APC

7815 N. Palm Ave, Suite 200

Fresno, CA 93711

Telephone: (559) 447-5700

Facsimile: (559) 447-5600

Attorneys for Plaintiff

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.

FRED M. BLUM (SBN 101586)

ERIN K. POPPLER (SBN 267724)

VIVY D. DANG (SBN 297714)

BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

500 Washington Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 397-9006

Facsimile: (415) 397-1339

Attorneys for Defendant

TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS,INC.

[Additional Attorneys Listed on Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

VALLEY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., 

a former California corporation, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:00-cv-00113-MCE-EFB

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY THE DISPOSITIVE MOTION 

COMPLETION DATE IN THE PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 988]

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England

Trial Date: August 5, 2016

Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC. (“AmeriPride”) and Defendant TEXAS 

EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. (“TEO”), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate

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to modify the dispositive motion completion date in the Pretrial Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 

988], subject to the Court’s approval, as follows:

RECITALS

1. Following remand from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court issued 

its July 20, 2015 Pretrial Scheduling Order.

2. The Parties have diligently completed fact discovery, expert disclosures were 

timely filed and served on November 30, 2015, and the Parties intend to timely file and 

serve expert rebuttal reports by December 30, 2015.

3. TEO served three expert reports and AmeriPride served two expert reports. 

Several of the expert reports are lengthy and will require significant time to prepare for 

deposition of those experts. 

4. The dispositive motion completion date is currently set for February 25, 2016. 

Motions for summary judgment must be filed eight weeks before the hearing date. (Dkt. 

No. 988 at 5). Applying these requirements results in the Parties’ respective motions for 

summary judgment being due the same day as expert rebuttal reports on December 30, 

2015. 

5. All discovery of expert witnesses, including depositions, must be completed in 

“a timely manner in order to comply with the Court’s deadline for filing dispositive motions.”

(Dkt. No. 988 at 4.) Among other complications, this requirement results in the Parties 

having to take all expert depositions before the service of expert rebuttal reports, and a 

very short time before the Parties must file their motions for summary judgment. Further, 

at least one of TEO’s witnesses is not available for deposition until after December 30, 

2015.

6. In order to timely complete all discovery of expert witnesses, and to provide 

the Parties with the option to take expert depositions after expert rebuttal reports are 

exchanged, the Parties respectfully request a two-month extension of the dispositive 

motion completion date from the current date of February 25, 2016 to April 21, 2016. The 

new deadline would result in motions for summary judgment being due by February 26, 

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2016 (eight weeks before the hearing). No other modifications are requested. 

7. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order, 

good cause exists for the requested extension because: (1) the Parties can take expert 

depositions with the benefit of both the initial and rebuttal reports which will result in more 

thorough discovery and presentation of experts at trial; (2) the Parties will have time to 

evaluate the expert deposition testimony prior to filing their respective motions for 

summary judgment which may streamline or entirely eliminate certain issues from the 

dispositive motions; (3) the Parties will be able to use the expert deposition testimony in 

support of their respective motions for summary judgment; (4) it will encourage, not 

discourage, efficient pre-trial activities; and (5) it will not delay disposition of this case. For

these reasons, granting the Parties’ requested extension will also promote judicial 

economy.

STIPULATION

Based on the foregoing, AmeriPride and TEO agree and respectfully request that 

the Court modify its Pretrial Scheduling Order to change the dispositive motion completion 

date currently set for February 25, 2016 to April 21, 2016.

Date: December 4, 2015 BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

By: /s/ Fred M. Blum

 FRED M. BLUM ERIN K. POPPLER Attorneys for Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

Date: December 4, 2015 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN 

& DICKER LLP

By: /s/ Ronald S. Bushner

RONALD S. BUSHNER (SBN 98352)

SHANA INSPEKTOR (SBN 291841)

Attorneys for Defendant

TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

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Date: December 4, 2015 HUNSUCKER GOODSTEIN & NELSON PC

By: /s/ Brian L. Zagon

 PHILIP C. HUNSUCKER BRIAN L. ZAGON Attorneys for Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.

Date: December 4, 2015 PERKINS MANN & EVERETT, APC 

By: /s/ Lee N. Smith

 LEE N. SMITH Attorneys for Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.

ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the Parties and a showing of good cause, the Court 

hereby modifies its Pretrial Scheduling Order to move the deadline for completion of 

dispositive motions from February 25, 2016, to April 21, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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