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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE 

THE TRIAL AND THE FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE Case 

No. CIV-S-03-1968 WBS KJM 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

BENJAMIN L. WEBSTER 132230 

MICHAEL J. DAPONDE 204283 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4419 

Telephone: (916) 329-4700 

Facsimile: (916) 441-3583 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, 

INC., a District of Columbia 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MATTHEW J. HEWITT, an 

individual; PACIFIC CREST 

RESEARCH CORPORATION, a 

Washington corporation, 

Defendants. 

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No. CIV-S-03-1968 WBS KJM 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE THE TRIAL

AND THE FINAL PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE

Trial Date: October 25, 2005 

WHEREAS, the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order dated November 17, 2003 

scheduled the Final Pretrial Conference for June 6, 2005 and scheduled the Trial to begin 

August 9, 2005; 

WHEREAS, on January 20, 2005, the Court issued an Order (adopting the parties’ 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order) which, among other things, amended the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order to schedule the Final Pretrial Conference for July 5, 2005; 

WHEREAS, on April 5, 2005, the Magistrate issued an Order and Findings and 

Recommendations, ordering Defendants to pay CCI attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in 

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connection with CCI’s motion for sanctions, and recommending that Defendants’ answer be 

stricken and default be entered against Defendants on all causes of action except for the 

seventh and eighth causes of action; 

WHEREAS, on June 6, 2005, the Court issued an Order (adopting the parties’ 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order) which amended the Pretrial Scheduling Order to 

schedule the Final Pretrial Conference for August 1, 2005; 

WHEREAS, on June 24, 2005, the District Court ordered that Defendants pay CCI’s 

attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with CCI’s motion for sanctions, but did 

not adopt the Magistrate’s recommendation that the answer be stricken or default be 

entered; 

WHEREAS, on July 11, 2005, the Court issued an Order (adopting the parties’ 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order) which amended the Pretrial Scheduling Order to 

schedule the Final Pretrial Conference for September 26, 2005 and continued the Trial to 

October 25, 2005; 

WHEREAS, on August 9, 2005, the District Court issued an order (the “August 

2005 Order”) providing for amendment of the Pretrial Scheduling Order to allow CCI to 

conduct discovery on Defendants’ ability to pay the attorneys’ fees and costs previously 

awarded as if a judgment had issued; 

WHEREAS, CCI intends to conduct discovery pursuant to the August 2005 Order; 

WHEREAS, the parties have postponed some expert disclosures and all expert 

discovery pending resolution of CCI’s motion for sanctions; 

WHEREAS, the parties believe that continuing the Trial and the Final Pretrial 

Conference will allow sufficient time for CCI to conduct discovery regarding the attorneys’ 

fees and costs sanction pursuant to the August 2005 Order and for the parties to disclose 

experts and conduct expert discovery. 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE THAT the Court’s Pretrial 

Scheduling Order dated November 17, 2003 and aforementioned Orders dated January 20, 

2005, June 6, 2005, and July 11, 2005 may be amended to continue the Trial from the 

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currently set date of October 25, 2005 to a date in or about May 2006, and to reschedule the 

Final Pretrial Conference to a date approximately 30 days prior to the Trial, or as 

determined by the Court. 

Dated: August 26, 2005 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BENJAMIN L. WEBSTER 

MICHAEL J. DAPONDE 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4419 

By /s/ 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, INC. 

Dated: August 26, 2005 WOHL SAMMIS & PERKINS LLP 

ROBIN PERKINS 

CHRISTOPHER F. WOHL 

1006 Fourth Street, Fourth Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

By /s/ 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MATTHEW J. HEWITT and PACIFIC CREST 

RESEARCH CORPORATION 

IT IS SO ORDERED, with the consent of the parties, this 30th day of August, 2005, 

that the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order dated November 17, 2003 and aforementioned 

Orders dated January 20, 2005, June 6, 2005, and July 11, 2005 may be amended and that 

the Trial and Final Pretrial Conference be scheduled as follows: 

Trial: ___May 23____, 2006 at 9:00 am 

Final Pretrial Conference: ___April l0_____, 2006 at 10:00 am 

DATED: August 30, 2005 

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