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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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Case No. 2:17-cv-00975-KJM-KJN STIPULATION AND ORDER REQUESTING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND REGARDING 

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DENTONS US LLP 

ONE 

MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR 

TOWER, 24TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 

(415) 267-4000 

KATHLEEN A. HERDELL (SBN 142836) 

LAW OFFICES OF KATHLEEN A. HERDELL 

340 McCormick Street, Suite C 

St. Helena, CA 94574 

Telephone: (707) 963-3800 

Facsimile: (707) 963-2622 

Email: kathleen@herdell.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CHAD LITTLE 

SONIA MARTIN (SBN 191148) 

MENGMENG ZHANG (SBN 280411) 

DENTONS US LLP 

One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 267-4000 

Facsimile: (415) 267-4198 

E-mail: sonia.martin@dentons.com 

 mengmeng.zhang@dentons.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CHAD LITTLE, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY, AND 

DOES 1-20, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:17-cv-00975-KJM-KJN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REQUESTING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND REGARDING 

REMAINING PRETRIAL DEADLINES 

Date: May 5, 2020 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Judge: Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman 

 

Plaintiff Chad Little and Defendant AMCO Insurance Company, by and through their 

attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows and respectfully request that the Court 

approve and give effect to their stipulation: 

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DENTONS US LLP 

ONE 

MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR 

TOWER, 24TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 

(415) 267-4000 

WHEREAS, the parties request that the Settlement Conference be calendared and held 

before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on May 5, 2020, at 9:00 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, the requested date has been cleared with Judge Newman’s chambers; 

WHEREAS, the parties will concurrently file waivers of disqualification of settlement 

judge so that Judge Newman may conduct the Settlement Conference in this case; 

WHEREAS, plaintiff Chad Little has been in the process of rebuilding his home and has 

not yet made a settlement demand because he is continuing to work on estimating what it will 

cost to complete the construction process; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to explore settlement through the Settlement Conference 

without incurring litigation costs associated with a summary judgment motion that may be 

unnecessary; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to continue the dispositive pretrial motion hearing cut-off 

deadline by approximately six weeks following the Settlement Conference to allow a reasonable 

period for the parties to further explore resolution of the case; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT the Settlement Conference will 

be calendared and held before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on May 5, 2020, at 9:00 

a.m. 

IT IS FURTHER HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT the dispositive 

pretrial motion hearing cut-off should be continued from April 30, 2020 to July 21, 2020. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: March 6, 2020 LAW OFFICES OF KATHLEEN A. HERDELL 

By /s/ Kathleen A. Herdell 

KATHLEEN A. HERDELL 

Attorneys for Plaintiff CHAD LITTLE 

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DENTONS US LLP 

ONE 

MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR 

TOWER, 24TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 

(415) 267-4000 

Dated: March 6, 2020 DENTONS US LLP 

By /s/ Sonia Martin 

SONIA MARTIN 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY 

FILER’S ATTESTATION: 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I attest under penalty of perjury that 

the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from its signatories. 

Dated: March 6, 2020 By /s/ Sonia Martin 

SONIA MARTIN

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DENTONS US LLP 

ONE 

MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR 

TOWER, 24TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 

(415) 267-4000 

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED as follows: 

A Settlement Conference will be calendared and held on May 5, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., before 

Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman. 

The dispositive pretrial motion hearing cut-off is continued from April 30, 2020 to July 21, 

2020. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 13, 2020. 

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