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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liabilty
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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MOTION FOR EXTENSION TO COMPLY WITH CASE SCHEDULING ORDER

C. Brooks Cutter, SBN 121407 

KERSHAW CUTTER & RATINOFF LLP 

980 9th Street, 19th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 448-9800 

Facsimile: (916) 669-4499 

Mark L. Brown 

THE LAKIN LAW FIRM 

300 Evans Avenue 

P.O. Box 229 

Wood River, IL 62095 

Telephone: (618) 254-1127 

Facsimile: (618) 254-0193 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KELLY CASTILLO, NICHOLE BROWN, 

and BARBARA GLISSON, Individually 

and on behalf of all others similarly

situated, Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:07-CV-02142-WBS-GGH 

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

COMPLY WITH COURT’S 10/10/07 ORDER 

SETTING CASE SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCEAND PROPOSED ORDER 

Because Defendant has not yet been served and Defendant’s counsel has not yet entered 

an appearance or otherwise been identified, Plaintiffs respectfully request an extension of time in 

which to comply with the Court’s October 10, 2007 Order requiring that counsel for the parties 

confer by today’s date regarding a proposed scheduling order. In support of this Motion, 

Plaintiffs state: 

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MOTION FOR EXTENSION TO COMPLY WITH CASE SCHEDULING ORDER

1. Plaintiffs’ Complaint was filed on October 10, 2007. 

2. On the same day, the Court issued its Order setting an Initial Status (pretrial 

scheduling) conference for December 12, 2007 and ordering counsel for the parties to confer at 

least twenty-one days prior thereto (i.e., by November 12, 2007) to develop a proposed discovery 

plan. 

3. Fed.R.Civ.P., Rule 4(m), provides that service may be made on a defendant within 

120 days of the filing of a complaint. In this case, the application of Rule 4(m) means that 

Defendant may be served by February 7, 2008. 

4. A Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons was sent via 

U.S. Mail to C T Corporation System as agent for service of process on October 30, 2007. To 

date defendant has not acknowledged receipt. Accordingly, plaintiffs are now moving forward 

with formal service of process. 

5. As counsel for Defendant has not yet entered an appearance or otherwise been 

identified to Plaintiffs’ counsel, it is not possible for Plaintiffs’ counsel to confer with 

Defendant’s counsel at this point. 

 WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court’s October 10, 2007 Order be 

modified to permit Plaintiffs’ counsel to confer with Defendant’s counsel within ten (10) days 

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MOTION FOR EXTENSION TO COMPLY WITH CASE SCHEDULING ORDER

following submission of an Entry of Appearance or some other form of self-identification by 

Defendant’s counsel, and to submit a joint proposed scheduling order to the Court within ten (10) 

days thereafter. 

Dated: October 10, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF, LLP 

By /s/ 

 C. BROOKS CUTTER 

KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF 

980 9th Street, 19th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 448-9800 

Facsimile: (916) 669-4499 

 MARK L. BROWN 

THE LAKIN LAW FIRM 

300 Evans Avenue 

P.O. Box 229 

Wood River, IL 62095 

Telephone: (618) 254-1127 

Facsimile: (618) 254-0193 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. The Scheduling Conference is continued to January 28, 2008 at 

2:00 p.m. 

 Dated: November 13, 2007 

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