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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 954-4400

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JOINT STIP. TO CONT. INITIAL CMC

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01221-WHA 31003\4939705.1

Adam C. Dawson, Esq. (State Bar No. 136551)

adawson@fbm.com

Erica Villanueva, Esq. (State Bar No. 233148)

evillanueva@fbm.com

Unnati Gandhi, Esq. (State Bar No. 278340)

ugandhi@fbm.com

FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 954-4400

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED

and FELCOR/CSS HOLDINGS, L.P.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

FELCOR LODGING TRUST

INCORPORATED, a Maryland

corporation, and FELCOR/CSS

HOLDINGS, L.P., a Delaware Limited

Partnership,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York

corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-01221-WHA

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE

INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER

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JOINT STIP. TO CONT. INITIAL CMC

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01221-WHA - 2 - 31003\4939705.1

Plaintiffs FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED and FELCOR/CSS

HOLDINGS, L.P. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant COMMERCE & INDUSTRY INSURANCE

COMPANY (“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS the Initial Case Management Conference previously set for June 17, 2015

was rescheduled to June 25, 2015 at 11 a.m. before the Honorable William Alsup in Courtroom 8,

19th Floor, Philip Burton Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California

94102;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Clerk’s Amended Notice dated June 17, 2015, the Initial

Case Management Conference was rescheduled to July 2, 2015 at 8 a.m.;

WHEREAS lead counsel for Plaintiff is unavailable to attend the Initial Case Management

Conference on July 2, 2015 at 8 a.m. due to previously scheduled conflicts – specifically, Ms.

Villanueva must appear in Los Angeles Superior Court at a Case Management Conference

scheduled for 8:30 a.m. that same date, and Mr. Dawson will be traveling outside of California;

WHEREAS, lead counsel for Defendant, Ms. Weinreich, is required to report for jury duty

during the week of July 6, 2015;

WHEREAS, on July 17, 2015, the parties participated in a mediation, as a result of which

they agreed to fully and finally resolve this matter, and signed a fully enforceable Stipulation for

Settlement enforceable under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6 to that effect;

WHEREAS, the terms of the settlement agreement state that Defendant will pay a

confidential sum within 90 days of execution of a more formal settlement agreement, and Plaintiff

will thereafter file a dismissal with prejudice;

WHEREAS, Defendant has drafted the more formal settlement agreement, which is being

reviewed by Plaintiff;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant do not object to continuing the Initial Case

Management Conference currently set for July 2, 2015 to 90 days from then (October 1, 2015 at 8

a.m.) or as soon thereafter as the Court’s calendar permits. Should the Court be disinclined to

continue the Initial Case Management Conference to October 1, 2015, the parties request that the

Initial Case Management Conference be continued to one of July 16, July 23, August 13, August

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JOINT STIP. TO CONT. INITIAL CMC

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01221-WHA - 3 - 31003\4939705.1

20 or August 27, 2015.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by Plaintiff and Defendant, by and through their

respective counsel of record, that the Initial Case Management Conference currently scheduled

for July 2, 2015 at 8 a.m. be continued to October 1, 2015 at 8 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the

Court’s calendar permits. If the matter has not been dismissed, the parties’ joint case

management statement shall be due seven days prior to the Initial Case Management Conference.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: June 18, 2015 FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP

By:/s/ Erica Villanueva

Adam C. Dawson

Erica Villanueva

Unnati Gandhi

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

FELCOR LODGING TRUST

INCORPORATED and FELCOR/CSS

HOLDINGS, L.P.

Dated: June 18, 2015 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH

LLP

By: /s/ Rebecca R. Weinreich

Rebecca R. Weinreich

Roger S. Raphael

Attorneys for Defendant

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY INSURANCE

COMPANY

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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01221-WHA - 4 - 31003\4939705.1

E-FILER’S ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i):

I, Erica Villanueva, attest that concurrence in the filing of the JOINT STIPULATION TO

CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

has been obtained from each of the other signatories.

Executed this 18th day of June, 2015, at San Francisco, California.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP

By:/s/ Erica Villanueva

Adam C. Dawson

Erica Villanueva

Unnati Gandhi

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED

AND FELCOR/CSS HOLDINGS, L.P.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The parties have stipulated to continue the Initial Case Management Conference currently

set for July 2, 2014 at 8 a.m. to October 1, 2015 at 8 a.m. Finding that the requested change in

the schedule is not made for an improper purpose, and that the modification will further the

interests of justice, the Court hereby grants the parties’ joint stipulation. The Court hereby

VACATES the July 2, 2015 status conference and HEREBY SETS the Initial Case Management

Conference for ____________ at ______ a.m.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: , 2015

The Honorable William H. Alsup

United States District Judge

July 23, 2015, 11:00 June 19, 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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