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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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CARLA S. RHODEN, CA State Bar No. 223743 

Email address: crhoden@chbh.com

CABLE HUSTON BENEDICT HAAGENSEN & LLOYD LLP 

1001 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 

Portland, OR 97204-1136 

Telephone: (503) 224-3092 

Facsimile: (503) 224-3176 

Attorneys for Defendant Eugene Water & Electric Board 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER 

COOPERATIVE, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, a California Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER 

COOPERATIVE, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

Civil No. 2:06-cv-0559-MCE-KJM 

Civil No. 2:06-cv-0592-MCE-KJM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING 

THE TIME FOR DEFENDANT EUGENE 

WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TO FILE 

RULE 12(b)(2) AND ANY OTHER RULE 12 

MOTIONS 

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COMES NOW Plaintiffs and Defendant Eugene Water & Electric Board (“EWEB”), by and 

through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and request the Court enter an Order as follows: 

Extending the time for EWEB to file a motion challenging personal jurisdiction pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and all other Rule 12 motions, and to correspondingly set the dates 

for filing and serving any related opposition and reply briefs pursuant to the schedule set forth 

below, pending a tentative settlement between Plantiffs and EWEB and to allow the parties 

additional time to finalize and document this tentative settlement. 

On April 5, 2006, the parties to these actions filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

continuing the time for the defendants to respond by one week. On April 10, 2006, this Court 

adopted the April 5, 2006 Stipulation as the Court’s Order. On April 11, 2006 the parties filed a 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order setting a schedule for, among other things: (i) EWEB to file a 

motion challenging personal jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Procedure 12(b)(2) (“Rule 

12(b)(2)”) and any related opposition and reply briefs and (ii) EWEB to file all other Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 12 (“Rule 12”) motions and any related opposition and reply briefs. The Court 

entered an April 12, 2006, Order pursuant to this stipulation, setting a due date of May 5, 2006 for 

EWEB’s Rule 12(b)(2) Opening Brief, June 16, 2006 for Opposition Briefs and July 7, 2006 for 

Reply Brief in related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

In that same Order, the Court set a due date of May 26, 2006 for EWEB to file all other Rule 12 

Opening Briefs, June 30, 2006 for Opposition Briefs and July 21, 2006 for Reply Brief in related 

case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

On May 9, 2006, the Court entered an Order, pursuant to a stipulation dated May 3, 2006, 

setting a due date of May 15, 2006 for EWEB’s Rule 12(b)(2) Opening Brief, June 26, 2006 for 

Opposition Briefs and July 17, 2006 for Reply Brief in related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCEKJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

On May 19, 2006, the Court entered an Order, pursuant to a stipulation dated May 11, 2006, 

extending the due date until May 26, 2006 for EWEB’s Rule 12(b)(2) Opening Brief, July 7, 2006 

for Opposition Briefs and July 28, 2006 for Reply Brief in related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-

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MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

On June 1, 2006, the Court entered an Order, pursuant to a stipulation dated May 24, 2006, 

extending the due date until June 5, 2006 for EWEB’s Opening Briefs on its Rule 12(b)(2) and all 

other Rule 12 motions, July 17, 2006 for Opposition Briefs, and August 7, 2006 for Reply Briefs in 

related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

On June 8, 2006, the Court entered an Order, pursuant to a stipulation dated June 2, 2006, 

extending the due date until June 16, 2006 for EWEB’s Opening Briefs on its Rule 12(b)(2) and all 

other Rule 12 motions, July 27, 2006 for Opposition Briefs, and August 17, 2006 for Reply Briefs 

in related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

On June 27, 2006, the Court entered an Order, pursuant to a stipulation dated June 15, 2006, 

extending the due date until July 7, 2006 for EWEB’s Opening Briefs on its Rule 12(b)(2) and all 

other Rule 12 motions, August 4, 2006 for Opposition Briefs, and September 15, 2006 for Reply 

Briefs in related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. The 

June 27, 2006 Order, an Order dated June 28, 2006 pursuant to a stipulation filed by defendant City 

of Vernon on June 15, 2006, and the Court’s Order dated June 22, 2006 granting Plaintiffs’ Ex 

Parte Application, specially set the hearing for all motions to dismiss on October 24, 2006 at 2:00 

p.m. 

In light of ongoing settlement discussions, all of the Plaintiffs and EWEB hereby stipulate 

and respectfully request that the Court enter an Order extending the deadlines as follows: EWEB’s 

Rule 12(b)(2) and all other Rule 12 Opening Briefs to be filed and served July 21, 2006; 

Opposition Briefs to be filed and served August 18, 2006; and Reply Briefs to be filed and served 

September 15, 2006 in related case numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-

MCE-KJM. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

 CABLE HUSTON BENEDICT HAAGENSEN 

 & LLOYD LLP 

Dated: July 6, 2006 /s/ Carla S. Rhoden (as authorized 7/6/06) 

 CARLA S. RHODEN, CA State Bar No. 223742 

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 Attorney for Defendant Eugene Water & 

 Electric Board 

 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

Dated: July 6, 2006 /s/ Russell Cohen 

 Marie L. Fiala 

 Russell Cohen 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 

 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 

Dated: July 6, 2006 /s/ Lawrence P. Riff (as authorized 7/6/06) 

 Lawrence P. Riff 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Southern California Edison Co. 

 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY OVERSIGHT BOARD 

Dated: July 6, 2006 /s/ Steven Russo (as authorized 7/6/06) 

 Steven Russo 

 Attorney for Plaintiff California Electricity Oversight Board 

 HENNIGAN, BENNET & DORMAN LLP 

Dated: July 6, 2006 /s/ Laura Lindgren (as authorized 7/6/06) 

 Laura Lindgren 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff San Diego Gas & Electric Board 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadlines for EWEB to file Rule 12(b)(2) and all other 

Rule 12 opening briefs and any related opposition and reply briefs are extended as follows: 

EWEB’s Opening Briefs to be filed and served July 21, 2006; Opposition Briefs to be filed and 

served August 18, 2006; and Reply Briefs to be filed and served September 15, 2006 in related case 

numbers 2:06:CV-00559-MCE-KJM and 2:06:CV-00592-MCE-KJM. 

DATED: July 11, 2006 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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