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

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Joint Request to Vacate Trial and Pre-Trial Dates; Order Thereon

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STEPHEN T. CLIFFORD, ESQ., SBN 39020

T. MARK SMITH, ESQ., SBN 162370

Clifford & Brown

A Professional Corporation

Attorneys at Law

1430 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 900

Bakersfield, CA 93301

661-322-6023

661-322-3508 fax

Attorneys for Defendants

BAYER CORPORATION and BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP

IN THE UNITED SATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

BRITZ FERTILIZERS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BAYER CORPORATION; BAYER 

CROPSCIENCE, LP,

Defendants

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Case No.: 1:06-CV-00287-OWW-DLB

JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE TRIAL 

AND PRE-TRIAL DATES; ORDER 

THEREON

JOINT REQUEST

All parties in this action, acting through their respective counsel, jointly request for the 

following reasons that all Motion, Pre-Trial and Trial dates in this action be vacated.

WHEREAS, the parties have reached an agreement-in-principle to settle and resolve the 

claims of plaintiff, Britz Fertilizers, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) against defendants Bayer Cropscience, LP 

and Bayer Corporation, Inc. (“Defendants”); 

WHEREAS, such settlement is conditioned upon the Court granting a motion for good 

faith settlement approval (Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. §§ 877, 877.6);

WHEREAS, the parties anticipate that a joint motion for good faith settlement approval

within thirty (30) days of today’s date;

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WHEREAS, in order to allow sufficient time for the preparation, filing, and hearing of 

the motion, which, if granted, and thereby barring any potential claims of the noticed parties, 

will result in dismissal of the action; 

WHEREAS, the parties seek to take off-calendar all Motion, Pre-Trial and Trial dates, 

including, but not limited to:

April 26, 2010 10:00 a.m. Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend

May 28, 2010 12:00 p.m. Hearing on Motions in Limine

June 15, 2010 9:00 a.m. Trial;

to be reset upon request by plaintiff or defendants should the Court deny the motion.

DAMRELL, NELSON, SCHRIMP, 

PALLIOS, PACHER & SILVA

FRAME & MATSUMOTO

Dated: April 21, 2010 By /s/ Ted R. Frame . 

(authorized on 4/22/10)

Ted R. Frame

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Britz Fertilizers, Inc.

CLIFFORD & BROWN

Dated: April 21, 2010 By /s/ T. Mark Smith . 

Stephen T. Clifford

T. Mark Smith

Attorneys for Defendants

Bayer Corporation and 

Bayer CropScience, L.P.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 23, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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