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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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Spencer T. Malysiak 

State Bar #084654 

Erik P. Larson 

State Bar #210098 

SPENCER T. MALYSIAK LAW CORPORATION 

1180 Iron Point Road, Suite 145B 

Folsom, CA 95630 

Telephone: (916) 985-4400 

Facsimile: (916) 985-0100 

Attorney for Defendants, Cross 

NEW WEST PETROLEUM, LP; NEW WEST PETROLEUM, LLC; 

and NEW WEST PETROLEUM. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

NEW WEST PETROLEUM LP., NEW 

WEST PETROLEUM, LLC, NEW WEST 

PETROLEUM, INC., NEW WEST 

STATIONS, INC., and NEW WEST LLC 

 Defendants.________________

Related Cross-Complaints and Third Party 

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Case No: CIV-S-03-2222 WBS PAN 

JOINT STIPULATION TO MOVE THE 

COURT TO MODIFY DATES IN 

PRETRIAL ORDER, AS AMENDED

Courtroom 5 

Judge: William B. Shubb 

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I. 

INTRODUCTION 

The Court has informed the parties that this case will not be able to proceed to 

trial on the scheduled trial date of November 28, 2006. This stipulation is made pursuant 

to Local Rule 16-283 and FRCP 16(b), to modify the Pretrial Order to continue the trial 

date in this case, and to request that the Honorable William B. Shubb sign the proposed 

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Order. 

On November 7, 2006, the Courtroom Deputy for the Honorable William B. 

Schubb, notified the parties that the current trial date of November 28, 2006 would be 

vacated due to previous and preferential cases on the Court’s calendar. She also stated 

that the Court was requesting that these parties, together with the parties in three 

unrelated cases, attend a status conference on November 28, 2006 to address the 

availability of the parties in the four cases for a trial to commence on December 5, 2006. 

For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant ExxonMobil Corporation, 

Defendants (“Exxon”), Cross-Complainants and Cross-Defendants New West Petroleum, 

New West Petroleum, LP, and New West Petroleum, LLC, (collectively, "New West"), 

and Third Party Defendant and Cross-Complainant Sartaj Singh Bains ("Bains"), through 

their respective counsel, hereby jointly request that the Court modify the Pretrial Order, 

as amended, as specified below. 

The parties have met and conferred about stipulating to set a new trial date after 

conferring with the Courtroom deputy as to available trial dates, and have jointly entered 

into the following stipulations. 

II. 

BASIS FOR MOTION 

The parties submit the following facts in support of this stipulation and motion to 

have the Court modify the Pretrial Order dated June 5, 2006 (Doc. 258), as modified by 

the Joint Stipulation to Request a Modification to the Pretrial Order to Continue the Dates 

to File Pretrial Pleadings and Order dated August 1, 2006 (Doc. 313) as follows: 

1. Because of the fact that certain witnesses, including percipient witnesses 

for Exxon and expert witnesses for New West, reside in other States, including Texas, 

Pennsylvania, and Washington, a new trial date commencing December 5, 2006 would 

create a hardship on such witnesses by causing them to reschedule flights and dates to be 

in attendance for trial, and would also infringe upon witnesses’ holiday plans based upon 

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an estimated 15 days of trial, the parties desire to reschedule the trial date in 2007. 

2. Additionally, counsel for Bains has informed the parties that Dr. Bains is 

scheduled for surgery on December 13, 2006, which was scheduled prior to the date that 

the parties were notified that the trial date may be moved to December 5, 2006. 

3. Further, the Courtroom Deputy has told the parties that one of the four 

cases to be considered at the November 28, 2006 status conference is a criminal trial, 

which the parties understand would have preference in setting for trial. 

4. After meeting and conferring, the parties and counsel have reviewed their 

schedules and are available for trial through May 31, 2007 for all dates other than March 

7 – 18, 2007 and March 31 - April 22, 2007. 

5. The parties request that the Trial date be set for the first available date in 

2007 after considering the anticipated length of trial and unavailable dates set forth in 

paragraph 4. The parties request a status conference on or about January 8, 2007 to 

discuss available dates for trial, which the parties understand to be May 8, 2007. 

The foregoing is hereby agreed to by the parties through their respective counsel. 

Date: November 9, 2006 __ s/SPENCER T. MALYSIAK _______ 

 SPENCER T. MALYSIAK 

Attorney for Defendants and CrossComplainants NEW WEST PETROLEUM, LLC, 

NEW WEST PETROLEUM, LP, and NEW WEST 

 PETROLEUM 

Date: November 9, 2006 __s/MICHAEL JOHN MIGUEL _________ 

MICHAEL JOHN MIGUEL 

Attorney for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant 

EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION 

Date: November 9, 2006 __s/FRANCIS M. GOLDSBERRY, III__ 

FRANCIS M. GOLDSBERRY, III, 

Attorney for Third Party Defendant 

SARTAJ SINGH BAINS 

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ORDER

The Court, having considered the above stipulation, grants the parties’ request and 

enters the following order: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, good cause appearing, a status conference is 

scheduled for January 22, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 5 to discuss setting a new 

date for trial. 

Dated at Sacramento, California, this November 15, 2006. 

 

 

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