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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order re: Case No. C 03-3960 JW (EAI) 

Discovery Scheduling and Expert Disclosure Deadlines 

Teresa S. Renaker – CA State Bar No. 187800 

trenaker@lewisfeinberg.com 

Catha Worthman – CA State Bar No. 230399 

cworthman@lewisfeinberg.com 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 839 6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839 7839 

Steven M. Tindall – CA State Bar No. 187862 

steventindall@rhdt.com 

Carole Vigne -- CA State Bar No. 251829 

carolevigne@rhdt.com 

Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall LLP 

100 Pine Street, Suite 725 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 421-1800 

Facsimile: (415) 421-1700 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Robert E. Mangels 

RMangels@jmbm.com 

Susan Allison 

SAllison@jmbm.com 

Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP 

1900 Avenue of the Stars, 7th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 785-5303 

Facsimile: (310) 712-3303 

Attorneys for Defendant 

TOWERS PERRIN FORSTER & CROSBY, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THOMAS A. PAULSEN, et al. 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

CNF, INC., et al. 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 03-03960 JW (EAI) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING CASE SCHEDULING 

Place: Courtroom 8 

Judge: Honorable James Ware 

WHEREAS, the Court entered a Scheduling Order in this matter on March 30, 2010, which 

set various deadlines, including the close of class discovery on August 6, 2010, and the close of all 

discovery on September 20, 2010; 

PVT) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge James Ware

7/13/2010

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Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order re: Case No. C 03-3960 JW (EAI) 

Discovery Scheduling and Expert Disclosure Deadlines 

WHEREAS, the Court entered another Scheduling Order in this matter on April 28, 2010, 

which set deadlines for expert disclosure including the following: 

 September 1, 2010, as the deadline for lodging and serving expert reports; 

 September 30, 2010, as the deadline for lodging and serving any rebuttal expert 

reports; 

 October 29, 2010, as the deadline to complete any and all depositions of designated 

experts; and 

 November 13, 2010, as the latest date for hearing motion(s) to exclude the expert or 

any portion of the expert’s testimony; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs served revised requests for production of documents on March 23, 

2010, which provided that production be made within 30 days of the request; 

 WHEREAS, Defendant has substantially completed their document production in response 

to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests, but have not yet completed all data production; 

 WHEREAS, the parties agree that their respective experts should have sufficient time to 

complete their analysis of the relevant documents and data prior to the completion of their expert 

reports, and sufficient time to complete their analysis of each others’ expert reports; 

 WHEREAS, the parties therefore desire to adjust expert discovery deadlines; 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES, if the Court approves, 

as follows: 

1) The following dates will remain as previously ordered by the Court: 

 Briefing on class certification: 

– Opening brief: August 16, 2010; 

– Opposition brief: August 30, 2010; 

– Reply brief: September 7, 2010 

 Preliminary pretrial status reports due: August 20, 2010; 

 Preliminary pretrial status conference: August 30, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.; 

 Hearing on class certification: September 27, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.; 

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Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order re: Case No. C 03-3960 JW (EAI) 

Discovery Scheduling and Expert Disclosure Deadlines 

 Close of all fact discovery: September 20, 2010. 

2) The following deadlines would be changed: 

 Exchange of initial expert reports: October 15, 2010; 

 Exchange of rebuttal expert reports: November 15, 2010; 

 Close of expert discovery: December 17, 2010; 

 Deadline for filing dispositive motions and motions to exclude experts: February 7, 

2010; 

 Hearing on dispositive motions and expert motions: March 14, 2011. 

 3) Both parties reserve the right to seek an extension of the close of fact discovery 

deadline, and any other deadlines. 

DATED: July ___, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

TERESA S. RENAKER 

JEFFREY LEWIS 

CATHA WORTHMAN 

By: /s/Teresa S. Renaker 

TERESA S. RENAKER 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: July ___, 2010 RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP 

STEVEN M. TINDALL 

By: /s/Steven M. Tindall 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: July ___, 2010 

JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO LLP 

ROBERT R. MANGELS 

SUSAN ALLISON 

By: /s/Susan Allison 

SUSAN ALLISON 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TOWERS PERRIN FORSTER & CROSBY, INC. 

 No further extensions will be permitted. 

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Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order re: Case No. C 03-3960 JW (EAI) 

Discovery Scheduling and Expert Disclosure Deadlines 

 I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/S/) within this efiled document. 

 By: /s/ Catha Worthman 

 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, 

 RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

 1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

 Oakland, CA 94612 

 Telephone: (510) 839 6824 

 Facsimile: (510) 839 7839 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order re: Case No. C 03-3960 JW (EAI) 

Discovery Scheduling and Expert Disclosure Deadlines 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, previous case schedules are VACATED and the 

parties are ordered to comply with the following schedule: 

Close of Class Discovery August 6, 2010 

Briefing on Class Certification Opening Brief: August 16, 2010 

Opposition Brief: August 30, 2010 

Reply Brief: September 7, 2010 

Hearing on Class Certification September 27, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. 

Close of All (Fact) Discovery September 20, 2010 

Preliminary pretrial conference August 30, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. 

Preliminary pretrial conference statements August 20, 2010 

Exchange of initial expert reports October 15, 2010 

Exchange of rebuttal expert reports November 15, 2010 

Close of expert discovery December 17, 2010 

Last day to file dispositive motions and motions 

to exclude experts 

February 7, 2011 

Hearing on dispositive motions and expert 

motions 

March 14, 2011 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________________ _______________________________ 

 Hon. James Ware 

 United States District Judge 

July 13, 2010 

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