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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DATES FOR PRETRIAL Case No. CIV.S-04-2701 RRB EFB 

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Rex M. Clack, Esq. (CBN 059237) 

David E. Russo (CBN 112023) 

STERLING & CLACK 

A Professional Corporation 

101 Howard Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 543-5300 

Facsimile: (415) 543-3335 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MCNEILUS TRUCK AND 

MANUFACTURING, INC. 

Dugan Barr, Esq. (CBN 40663) 

BARR & MUDFORD, LLP 

1824 Court Street/Post Office Box 994390 

Redding, CA 96099-4390 

Telephone: (530) 243-8008 

Facsimile: (530) 243-1648 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

LAURA A. BERRY; JOSHUA N. 

BERRY, a Minor, by through his 

Guardian ad Litem, LAURA A. 

BERRY; and NEIL W. BERRY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

LAURA A. BERRY; JOSHUA N. BERRY, a 

Minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, 

LAURA A. BERRY; and NEIL W. BERRY, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MCNEILUS TRUCK AND 

MANUFACTURING, INC.; and DOES 1 

through 20, Inclusive, 

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Case No.: CIV.S-04-2701 RRB EFB 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DATES 

FOR PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND 

TRIAL; ORDER THEREON 

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Plaintiffs LAURA A. BERRY, JOSHUA N. BERRY, a Minor, by and through his Guardian 

ad Litem, LAURA A. BERRY; and NEIL W. BERRY (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant MCNEILUS 

TRUCK AND MANUFACTURING, INC. (“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel 

of record, hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request the Court enter an Order continuing the dates 

for the pretrial conference and trial, as more particularly set forth below and for the reasons stated 

herein. 

Trial in this matter is currently scheduled for March 10, 2008, with the pretrial conference 

set for February 8, 2008. Plaintiffs and defendant have been interested in pursuing mediation. 

However, due to unusually extensive and complicated scheduling conflicts on the part of parties’ 

counsel and the agreed-upon mediator, the earliest date that a mediation could be scheduled was 

February 28, 2008. 

With the existing schedule, the parties and the Court would have to engage in pre-trial 

proceedings prior to the mediation. With just a two-month continuance of trial, the parties can 

devote their time and resources to mediation before preparing for the pre-trial conference and trial 

and judicial resources can be saved should the mediation be successful. Moreover, mediation has a 

greater chance of success if the parties can first devote their time and resources to that endeavor. 

A continuance of the pre-trial conference and trial dates would allow for a fair and efficient 

mediation and trial and the parties therefore respectfully submit that good cause exists for 

continuing the dates for trial and the pretrial conference. 

THEREFORE, plaintiffs and defendant hereby stipulate to the following: 

1. To continue the trial from March 10, 2008, to May 27, 2008; 

2. To continue the date for the pretrial conference from February 8, 2008, to April 25, 

 2008, at 3:00 p.m.; and 

3. To continue the date for filing the Joint Pretrial Statement from February 1, 2008, to 

 April 18, 2008. 

Accordingly, plaintiffs and defendant hereby respectfully request that the Court continue the 

dates as suggested above. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: January 23, 2008 STERLING & CLACK 

 By: s/David E. Russo_______________

 David E. Russo 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

MCNEILUS TRUCK AND 

MANUFACTURING, INC. 

Dated: January 22, 2008 BARR & MUDFORD, LLP 

 By: s/Dugan Barr_______________

 Dugan Barr 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 LAURA A. BERRY; JOSHUA N. BERRY, 

 a Minor, by and through his Guardian ad 

 Litem, LAURA A. BERRY; and NEIL W. 

 BERRY 

030103/P/StipContPretrialProposed1-17-08 

David E. Russo attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each 

of the other signatories identified herein. 

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ORDER

Having reviewed and considered the parties’ request and stipulation to continue the dates for 

trial and the pretrial conference, and good cause appearing therefor, 

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. Trial is continued from March 10, 2008, to May 27, 2008. 

2. The pretrial conference is continued from February 8, 2008, to April 25, 2008, at 

 3:00 p.m. 

3. The date for filing the Joint Pretrial Statement is continued from February 1, 2008, to 

 April 18, 2008. 

Dated: January 23, 2008 

 

 /s/ Ralph R. Beistline_____

 Ralph R. Beistline 

 U.S. District Judge 

 Eastern District of California 

 

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