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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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Chad N. Dunigan (SBN 204946)

William J. Ferguson (SBN 245864)

KOELLER, NEBEKER, CARLSON & HALUCK, LLP

1478 Stone Point Drive, Suite 400

Roseville, CA 95661

(916) 724-5700

(916) 788-2850 Facsimile 

chad.dunigan@knchlaw.com

william.ferguson@knchlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants/

Third Party Plaintiffs,

THE DAVIS CENTER, LLC; EMILY STOVER, 

Individually and as Trustee of the STOVER FAMILY 

TRUST and as Personal Representative for Melvin Stover 

(Deceased); and RICHARD ALBERT STINCHFIELD, 

Individually and as Trustee of the ROBERT S. 

STINCHFIELD SEPARATE REAL PROPERTY TRUST 

and as Trustee of the BARBARA ELLEN STINCHFIELD 

TESTAMENTARY TRUST

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CHARLES LEWIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT RUSSELL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. CIV S-03-264 6 WBS KJM

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, TRIAL

AND OTHER DEADLINES SET FORTH 

IN THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON

Trial Date: September 20, 2016

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS.

THE DAVIS CENTER, LLC; EMILY STOVER, Individually and as Trustee of the STOVER 

FAMILY TRUST and as Personal Representative for Melvin Stover (Deceased); and RICHARD 

ALBERT STINCHFIELD, Individually and as Trustee of the ROBERT S. STINCHFIELD 

SEPARATE REAL PROPERTY TRUST and as Trustee of the BARBARA ELLEN STINCHFIELD

TESTAMENTARY TRUST (collectively the “Davis Center”); Potter Taylor & Company, and its 

predecessors-in-interest : Potter, Long, Adams & Taylor, Ltd.; Davis Center; Potter-Taylor, Inc.; and

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Potter Taylor & Scurfield, Inc.; Robert D. Russell (Deceased) and Irene Russell; the City of Davis; 

Marie L. Whitcombe (Deceased); and Charles H. Lewis and Jane W. Lewis (Deceased) (collectively

the “Participating Parties”) are parties to the above-captioned matter. The Davis Center previously

moved to amend the scheduling order (Docket No. 447) and the Participating Parties stipulated to 

extend the deadlines to disclose experts (Docket No. 458) in order to provide the Davis Center with 

sufficient time to complete an investigative study to determine the efficacy of a potential site remedy. 

The Court entered Orders granting the Motion (Docket No. 457) and approving the Stipulation 

(Docket No. 460). The Participating Parties entered into a further stipulation to amend the scheduling 

order to allow time to produce and compile data associated with the investigative study (Docket No. 

472). The Court entered an Order approving the Stipulation (Docket No. 474). The Participating 

Parties entered into a further stipulation to amend the scheduling order to allow time to produce and 

compile additional data associated with the site investigation (Docket No. 475). The Court entered an 

Order approving the Stipulation (Docket No. 477). The Participating Parties entered into a further 

stipulation to amend the scheduling order to allow time to develop a cost estimate and work plan for 

the proposed remediation (Docket No. 478). The Court entered an Order approving the Stipulation 

(Docket No. 479).

The field portion of the site investigation necessary to determine an appropriate remedy has 

been completed, and the data from that study has been compiled and analyzed. The Davis Center 

presented the results of the investigation to Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board 

(“Regional Board”) staff and received preliminary approval for its proposed remedial approach for the 

site at issue. Some of the Participating Parties have been and are still working together to develop a 

cost estimate and work plan for the proposed remediation. The work plan will need to be approved by 

the Regional Board, which could take several months. Also, the Participating Parties are discussing 

possible mediation after the work plan has been approved, in an effort to resolve the case. The 

preparation of the aforementioned cost estimate and work plan is underway, but has taken longer than 

originally anticipated. 

In light of the foregoing and due to upcoming expert disclosure and discovery deadlines, 

proceeding toward trial on the current schedule would unnecessarily waste the parties’ resources on 

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litigation instead of allowing the parties to focus their resources on coordinating with one another to 

prepare a work plan, obtain Regional Board approval, and participate in settlement negotiations. 

Therefore, the Participating Parties appearing in the above-entitled action hereby stipulate to extend 

the following deadlines six months: 

1. Disclosure of experts and production of reports: no later than March 14, 2016; 

2. Rebuttal experts and production of rebuttal expert reports: no later than May 10, 2016; 

3. Discovery deadlines: no later than September 21, 2016; 

4. Motion deadline: no later than December 23, 2016;

5. Final pretrial conference on February 20, 2017 or such time that is convenient for the 

Court; 

6. Jury Trial on April 24, 2017, or such time that is convenient for the Court. 

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: June 2, 2015 KOELLER, NEBEKER, CARLSON & 

HALUCK, LLP

 /s/ William F. Ferguson_________________

William J. Ferguson 

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants/ 

Third Party Plaintiffs, THE DAVIS CENTER, 

LLC; EMILY STOVER, Individually and as 

Trustee of the STOVER FAMILY TRUST and 

as Personal Representative for Melvin Stover 

(Deceased); and RICHARD ALBERT 

STINCHFIELD, Individually and as Trustee 

of the ROBERT S. STINCHFIELD 

SEPARATE REAL PROPERTY TRUST and 

as Trustee of the BARBARA ELLEN 

STINCHFIELD TESTAMENTARY TRUST

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DATED: June 2, 2015 KING WILLIAMS & GLEASON LLP

_/s/ Jennifer Hartman King________________

Jennifer Hartman King

Shelby M. Gatlin

Attorneys for Defendant, Cross-Complainant 

and Cross-Defendant CITY OF DAVIS

DATED: June 2, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF JEFFORY J. SCHARFF

_/s/ Jeffory J. Scharff_____________________

Jeffory J. Scharff

Attorney for Potter Taylor & Company, and it 

predecessors-in-interest: Potter, Long, Adams 

& Taylor, Ltd.; Davis Center; Potter-Taylor, 

Inc.; and Potter Taylor & Scurfield, Inc.

DATED: June 2, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL W. SMITH

_/s/ Daniel W. Smith_____________________

Daniel W. Smith

Attorneys for Robert D. Russell (Deceased) 

and Irene Russell

DATED: June 2, 2015 DOWNEY BRAND LLP

/s/ Steven H. Goldberg_____ ___________ 

Steven H. Goldberg

Olivia Marie Wright

Attorneys for Marie L. Whitcombe 

(Deceased)

DATED: June 2, 2015

LAW OFFICES OF S. CRAIG HUNTER

_/s/ S. Craig Hunter_______________________

S. Craig Hunter 

Attorney for Charles H. Lewis and Jane W. 

Lewis (Deceased)

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ORDER

For good cause and pursuant to the above stipulation of the Participating Parties, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Disclosure of experts and production of reports must occur no 

later than March 14, 2016; 

2. Rebuttal experts and production of rebuttal expert reports must occur no later than 

May10, 2016; 

3. All discovery must be completed no later than September 21, 2016; 

4. All motions to be filed no later than December 23, 2016; 

5. Final pretrial conference is reset to February 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.;

6. Jury trial is set for April 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 15, 2015

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