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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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 LAW OFFICE OF TIMOTHY C. RILEY

 414 SOUTH MARENGO AVENUE

 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91101 

 TELEPHONE (626) 432-4569 

 FAX (626) 570-0706 

TIMOTHY C. RILEY (State Bar No. 112667) 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT 

OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

READY TRANSPORTATION, INC., a 

Texas corporation, AVAILABLE 

SHIPPERS, INC., a Texas corporation, 

PREFERRED SHIPPERS, INC., a 

Nevada corporation, PROMPT 

SHIPPERS, INC, INC., a Texas 

corporation and QUICK 

TRANSPORTATION, INC., a Nevada 

corporation. 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

AAR MANUFACTURING, INC., a 

California corporation, AAR MOBILITY 

SYSTEMS, a corporation of unknown 

citizenship, JEANNE LANGNESSER, an 

individual, DEFENSE CONTRACT 

MANAGEMENT AGENCY, an agency 

of the United States Government and 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, an 

agency of the United States Government, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 06-cv-1053 GEB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE DISMISSAL OF ACTION 

AND RETENTION OF JURISDICTION 

TO RULE ON ENTITLEMENT TO 

ATTORNEYS FEES (Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 

41(a)(1)) 

 

 STIPULATION 

Now come Plaintiffs Ready Transportation, Inc., Available Shippers, Inc., Preferred 

Shippers, Inc., Prompt Shippers, Inc. and Quick Transportation, Inc. (“the Ready Group”) 

and Defendants AAR Manufacturing, Inc. and AAR Mobility Systems, Inc. (collectively 

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“AAR”) and as for their stipulation to dismiss this action with prejudice agree and stipulate 

as follows: 

 A. The Ready Group and AAR engaged in mediation efforts in Chicago, Illinois 

before retired District Court Judge Edward A. Bobrick of the Judicial Arbitration and 

Mediation Services (“JAMS”); 

B. As a result of those mediation efforts, the matter was finally settled on 

February 19, 2008; 

 C. As a part of the February 19, 2008 settlement agreement brokered by Retired 

Judge Bobrick, the Ready Group and AAR agreed and conditioned the settlement upon the 

stipulation that the issue of the Ready Group’s legal entitlement to attorney’s fees under 

California Code of Civil Procedure § 1021.5 would be the sole issue presented to this 

Court; 

 D. Pursuant to the February 19, 2008 settlement agreement, the parties have 

agreed that (1) the application for attorney’s fees of the Ready Group shall be brought 

within 60 days of the February 19, 2008 settlement; (2) that the sole issue to be presented to 

this Court is legal entitlement to attorney’s fees pursuant to California Code of Civil 

Procedure § 1021.5; and (3) that the amount of fees to which the Ready Group would be 

entitled if it prevails on the issue of legal entitlement is $180,000.00; and 

 E. Other than the attorney’s fees to be ruled upon by the Court, the parties shall 

bear their own costs. 

 Based upon the foregoing, the Ready Group and AAR hereby STIPULATE and 

AGREE that the action be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(2) upon the terms 

set forth above and that the Court enter the Order set forth below. 

 

 LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY C. RILEY 

 By: /s/ Timothy C. Riley 

 Counsel for Plaintiffs 

 

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EPSTEIN, BECKER & GREEN 

 By: /s/ Hans U. Stucki 

 Council for Defendants 

 ORDER 

 Good cause having been shown, the Court ORDERS that this action be dismissed 

with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1) upon the following terms: (1) the 

Court retains jurisdiction solely for the purpose of hearing and ruling upon Plaintiffs’ 

application re legal entitlement to attorney’s fees pursuant to California Code of Civil 

Procedure § 1021.5; (2) that the application and all supporting papers shall be brought 

within 60 days of the February 19, 2008 settlement; (3) that the AAR Defendants shall file 

their opposition within 14 days of Plaintiff’s application; and (4) Plaintiffs shall file their 

reply, if any, within 7 days of Defendants’ opposition. 

Dated: February 26, 2008 

 

 PROOF OF SERVICE (Federal) 

 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 

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 I am employed in the county of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and 

I am not a party to the within action; my business address is 414 South Marengo Avenue, 

Pasadena, California. 

On February 20, 2008, I caused to be served the foregoing document described as follows: 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DISMISSAL OF ACTION AND 

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION TO RULE ON ENTITLEMENT TO ATTORNEYS 

FEES (Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)) 

upon the interested parties by electronic delivery to the following addressees: 

Hans U. Stucki 

Epstein, Becker & Green 

150 North Michigan Avenue, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601-7553 

hstucki@ebglaw.com

 

Executed this 20th Day of February 2008 at 414 Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, California. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

 s// Timothy C. Riley

 Timothy C. Riley 

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