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Parties Involved:
Britz Fertilizers, Inc.
Plaintiff
Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company
Defendant

Document Text:

WILKINS, 

DROLSHAGEN & 

CZESHINSKI LLP

785 N. Willow Ave.

Fresno, CA 93710

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Ted R. Frame, #02376

FRAME, MATSUMOTO & COELHO

3265 W. Figarden Dr., Ste. 201

Fresno, CA 93711

P.O. Box 13129 Fresno, CA 93794

Telephone: (559)935-1552

Facsimile: (55)935-1555

Joan M. Cotkin, #70665

Thomas D. Long, #105987

NOSSAMAN LP

777 Figueroa Street, 34th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Telephone: (213) 612-7800

Facsimile: (213) 61-7801

James H. Wilkins, #116364

WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI LLP

6785 N. Willow Ave.

Fresno, CA 93710

Telephone: (559) 438-2390

Facsimile: (559) 438-2393

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Britz Fertilizers, Inc.

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA-FRESNO

BRITZ FERTILIZERS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS 

INSURANCE COMPANY, and Does 1 

through 25, inclusive.

Defendants.

Case Number 1:10-CV-02051-AWI-MJS

STIPULATION REGARDING 

CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL DATE; 

ORDER

Counsel for Plaintiff, BRITZ FERTILIZERS, INC., by and through its attorneys of record, 

Frame, Matsumoto & Coelho, Nossaman, LP and Wilkins, Drolshagen & Czeshinski, LLP, and 

Defendant Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company, by and through its attorneys of record, 

Hines Carder, desire to continue the trial date and extend the other previously scheduled cut off 

dates in this matter 

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WILKINS, 

DROLSHAGEN & 

CZESHINSKI LLP

785 N. Willow Ave.

Fresno, CA 93710

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The trial date is currently scheduled for September 16, 2014. Plaintiff=s counsel, James H. 

Wilkins, has developed a scheduling conflict which necessitates continuing the trial date. All 

other parties are in agreement and hereby stipulate to continue the trial.

Specifically, James H. Wilkins is an avid archery hunter. However, because of the time 

constraints imposed by the practice of law, and family commitments and obligations, he limits his 

archery hunting efforts to applying for a couple of hunts a year. These efforts are limited to 

seeking archery permits for Elk in the State of Arizona and New Mexico. Because of the limited 

number of Elk in these states, tags are issued on the basis of a random draw system, which 

essentially works as a lottery. In addition, most of these tags are, by design, reserved for residents 

of Arizona and New Mexico. Consequently, it is extremely difficult to draw such a tag as a 

nonresident. In fact, Mr. Wilkins has been attempting to draw a New Mexico tag for over 20 

years and have still not been successful. In addition, it has been several years since Mr. Wilkins 

was fortunate enough to draw an Arizona elk tag.

As is the undersigned=s custom and practice, Mr. Wilkins applied for an Arizona archery 

elk tag earlier this year and recently was advised that he was successful in drawing an Arizona tag 

for archery bull elk in Unit 11m. The cost of the hunting license and elk tag exceeds $700.00. 

The applicable dates for this hunt are in conflict with the scheduled September 16, 2014 trial date. 

If Mr. Wilkins was unable to participate in this hunt because of the current trial date, he would not 

only lose the cost of purchasing the tag, he would also lose all of the bonus points he built up over 

the years, attempting to obtain this tag. Moreover, in order to receive these bonus points, Mr. 

Wilkins was required to purchase a nonresident hunting license each year, at a cost of 

approximately $160.00 per year. Because of the extreme difficulty in obtaining such a tag, the cost 

associated with applying for and obtaining the tag, and the infrequency in which Mr. Wilkins has 

an opportunity to participate in such a hunt, it is Mr. Wilkins= intention to take the entire 

two-week season off of work for this hunt.

Because this matter is currently scheduled to commence trial on September 16, 2014, the trial is 

presently scheduled to begin during a period of time while Mr. Wilkins will be participating in his elk 

hunt. Accordingly, a trial continuance is necessary. In addition, the parties have met and 

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CZESHINSKI LLP

785 N. Willow Ave.

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conferred in regard to a continuance of the present trial date and agree that the continuance requested 

herein will allow the parties additional time to engage in substantive settlement discussions before 

incurring additional fees and costs for trial preparation.

The parties hereto further stipulate that having agreed to the proposed trial date, the Defendants 

waive any rights under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 41(b) to bring a motion to dismiss for 

failure to bring the matter to trial at some earlier date.

THEREFORE, it is stipulated and agreed by and among the parties, through their respective 

counsels of record, that the trial and pretrial conference of the above-captioned matter may be 

continued as follows:

(1) Pretrial Conference: June 15, 2015

(2) Trial: August 11, 2015

Dated: April 24, 2014 WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI LLP

By /s/ James H. Wilkins 

James H. Wilkins

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Britz Fertilizers, Inc.

Dated: April 24, 2014 FRAME, MATSUMOTO & COELHO

By /s/ Ted R. Frame 

Ted R. Frame

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Britz Fertilizers, Inc.

Dated: April 24, 2014 NOSSAMAN LP

By /s/ Joan M. Cotkin 

Joan M. Cotkin

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Britz Fertilizers, Inc.

Dated: April 24, 2014 HINES CARDER

By /s/ Marc S. Hines 

Marc S. Hines

Attorneys for Defendant, Nationwide Agribusiness 

Insurance Company

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DROLSHAGEN & 

CZESHINSKI LLP

785 N. Willow Ave.

Fresno, CA 93710

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ORDER

Good cause (albeit of a very unusual nature) appearing and the parties being in 

agreement, the above stipulation is accepted and it is ordered that the following two events be 

continued to the date indicated next to each:

Pretrial Conference: June 15, 2015

Trial: August 11, 2015\

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2014 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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