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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIP & PRO ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO COMPLETE MEDIATION 

Case No. C 05-3526 SBA 

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Dane J. Durham 

Attorney at Law 

12989 Occidental Road 

Sebastopol, CA 95472 

Tel: (707) 874-1860 

Fax:(707) 874-1880 

email: danejdurham1@comcast.net 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

PETROLEUM SALES, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

VALERO REFINING COMPANYCALIFORNIA, et al., 

 Defendants 

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Case No.: C-05-3526 SBA 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO COMPLETE 

MEDIATION 

 Plaintiff Petroleum Sales, Inc. and defendants Valero Refining Company-California and 

Valero Marketing and Supply Company, through their respective counsel, and following 

discussions with the assigned mediator in this action (R. Stephen Goldstein, Esq.), hereby jointly 

request that the Court extend the time to complete mediation to November 10, 2006, for the 

reasons stated below. 

 Following discussions among counsel and the mediator, Mr. Goldstein has scheduled the 

mediation in his office on November 8, 2006. A copy of Mr. Goldstein’s confirming letter is 

attached. 

 By order dated June 14, 2006, this Court extended the time for completion of mediation 

to September 29, 2006. 

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STIP & PRO ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO COMPLETE MEDIATION 

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 The parties have noticed additional depositions which should be completed before 

October 20, 2006. Disclosure of experts is due October 13, 2006. Plaintiff’s experts are 

currently analyzing economic data which were produced by defendants on September 22, 2006. 

Plaintiff cannot fully evaluate this case and prepare for mediation until its experts have 

completed that analysis. Plaintiff has asked defendants to stipulate to extend the deadline to 

exchange expert reports until October 31, 2006. Expert discovery will close on November 15, 

2006. 

 For the foregoing reasons, the parties respectfully request that the deadline to complete 

mediation be extended to November 10, 2006. 

 Dated: September 26, 2006 /s/ Dane J. Durham 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 Dated: September __, 2006 /s/ Robert J. Phelps 

 Attorney for Defendants 

 Valero Refining Company-California 

 and Valero Marketing and Supply 

 Company 

PROPOSED ORDER 

 Based upon the representations of counsel herein, and good cause appearing, it is hereby 

ORDERED that the deadline to complete mediation in this action is extended to November 10, 

2006. 

 Dated: September ___, 2006 

 By _______________________________ 

 Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

 United States District Court Judge 

 

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