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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Non-Motor Vehicle

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REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THIS ACTION FROM THE VOLUNTARY 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM 

Robert D. Phillips, Jr. (SBN 82639) 

REED SMITH LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3922 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 7936 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7936 

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269 

Eugenia S. Chern (SBN 215092) 

REED SMITH LLP

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94612-3572 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 2084 

Oakland, CA 94604-2084 

Telephone: +1 510 763 2000 

Facsimile: +1 510 273 8832 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Pacific International Rice Mills, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRANDON FOREMAN AND RASHEEDEH 

FOREMAN, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL RICE MILLS, 

INC. AND ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-CV-01522-LKK-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

WITHDRAWAL OF THIS ACTION FROM 

THE VOLUNTARY DISPUTE 

RESOLUTION PROGRAM 

 

Honorable Lawrence K. Karlton 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiffs Brandon Foreman and Rasheedeh 

Foreman and defendant Pacific International Rice Mills, Inc., through their designated counsel that 

that the Court may make and enter its order withdrawing this action from the Court’s Voluntary 

Dispute Resolution Program (VDRP). Having met and conferred regarding the list of potential 

neutrals provided through VDRP, the parties have decided to pursue private mediation with a 

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mediator of their choosing located closer to the parties and their counsel. The parties anticipate that 

they will complete mediation within the next 60 days after completion of pending discovery. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter an order withdrawing this action 

from the VDRP program. 

DATED: November 16, 2007. THE ARNS LAW FIRM 

By /s/ Morgan C. Smith 

Robert S. Arns 

Morgan C. Smith 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Brandon Foreman and Rasheedeh Foreman 

DATED: November 16, 2007. 

REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ Eugenia S. Chern 

Robert D. Phillips, Jr. 

Eugenia S. Chern 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Pacific International Rice Mills, Inc. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 19, 2007 

DOCSOAK-9891059.1 

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