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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFF EVANSON; LES OESTERREICH; )

and KAREN O’BRINE, trustees of )

the Transhumance Employee Stock )

Ownership Plan, )

) 2:06-cv-0795-GEB-KJM

Plaintiffs, )

)

v. ) ORDER 

)

WILLIAM J. PRICE; MARY ELLEN )

BREEN, in her capacity as the )

personal representative of the )

estate and as the beneficiary of )

DENNIS J. BREEN, deceased; and )

THOMAS WATSON, )

)

Defendants. )

)

On December 15, 2006, the parties filed a “Joint

Stipulation Re Good Cause to Modify Certain Dates in Scheduling

Order” (“Stipulation”) in which they “seek a . . . modification to

the existing scheduling order to accommodate a fair resolution of

this [action] through an efficient mediation.” (Stipulation at 1.) 

Specifically, the parties seek to have their expert disclosure,

discovery completion, and law and motion deadlines continued. (Id.

at 2.)

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Accommodating the parties’ requested modifications to the 1

Status Order necessarily reduces the amount of time between the trial

commencement date of January 15, 2008, and the final pretrial

conference. Because of this reduction, it is unlikely that a settlement

conference supervised by a federal judge will be scheduled in this

action.

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Since the parties stipulate to having the referenced

portions of the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order (“Status Order”)

modified, and the modifications can be made in a manner that will

not adversely affect the Court's docket, the good cause issue will

not be reached. Although the Stipulation only requested

modification of the referenced deadlines, granting the parties’

requested changes will affect subsequent prescribed dates in the

Status Order. Thus, to accommodate the parties’ request, certain

subsequently prescribed dates will also be modified.

Therefore, the Status Order is modified as follows:

(1) Each party shall comply with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(2)’s initial expert witness disclosure and report

requirements on or before April 6, 2007, and with the rebuttal expert

disclosures authorized under the Rule on or before May 7, 2007;

(2) discovery shall be completed by August 7, 2007; 

(3) the last hearing date for motions shall be October 9,

2007, at 9:00 a.m.; and

(4) the final pretrial conference is set for December 3,

2007, at 11:00 a.m.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 20, 2006

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