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Parties Involved:
Byron Cooper
Counter Claimant
Tamara Cooper
Defendant
Cornerstone Industries Corp.
Counter Defendant
Dan Hess
Counter Defendant
Ironclad Industrial Coatings
Defendant
Ironclad Industries, Inc.
Counter Claimant

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CORNERSTONE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION'S 

MOTION TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT 

CASE NO.: 1:06 CV-00608-OWW-SMS

ANDREW K. GORDON (SBN 99714) 

E-mail: agordon@duanemorris.com

ALLEGRA A. JONES (SBN 236518) 

E-mail: aajones@duanemorris.com

DUANE MORRIS LLP

One Market, Spear Tower, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1104 

Telephone: 415.957.3000 

Facsimile: 415.957.3001 

DAVID L. SWIDER (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

E-mail: dswider@boselaw.com

SANDRA PERRY (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

E-mail: sperry@boselaw.com

BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS, LLP 

2700 First Indiana Plaza 

135 North Pennsylvania Street 

Indianapolis, IN 46204 

Telephone: 317.684.5000 

Facsimile: 317.684.5173 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

Cornerstone Industries Corporation and 

Counter-Defendant Dan Hess 

WILLIAM J. COOPER, JR. 

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

E-mail: wcooper@ackersonlegal.com

ACKERSON & YANN, PLLC 

One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 1200 

401 West Main Street 

Louisville, KY 40202 

Telephone: 502.583.7400 

Facsimile: 502.589.4168 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CORNERSTONE INDUSTRIES CORP., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BYRON COOPER, IRONCLAD INDUSTRIES, 

INC. dba IRONCLAD INDUSTRIAL 

COATINGS, and DOES 1 through 20, Inclusive,

Defendants. 

Case No.: 1:06 CV-00608-OWW-SMS 

ORDER GRANTING CORNERSTONE 

INDUSTRIES CORPORATION'S 

MOTION TO AMEND THE 

COMPLAINT [31], [32] 

*VACATING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE HEARING DATE: 

MAY 1, 2007 AT 2:00PM BEFORE 

JUDGE SNYDER 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CORNERSTONE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION'S 

MOTION TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT 

CASE NO.: 1:06 CV-00608-OWW-SMS

BYRON COOPER, IRONCLAD INDUSTRIES, 

INC. dba IRONCLAD INDUSTRIAL 

COATINGS, and DOES 1 through 20, Inclusive,

Counter-Claimants, 

v. 

CORNERSTONE INDUSTRIES 

CORPORATION, 

Counter-Defendant. 

On April 6, 2007 this Court heard Plaintiff Cornerstone Industries Corporation's 

("Cornerstone") Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint ("Motion"). Andrew K. Gordon 

telephonically appeared for plaintiff Cornerstone and C. Russell Georgeson appeared for the 

defendant Byron Cooper ("B. Cooper") and Ironclad Industries, Inc. ("Ironclad"). After considering 

all of the submissions filed in connection with this motion (Doc. Nos. 31, 32, 33, 38, and 40) and 

oral argument by counsel, this Court orders as follows: 

1. The Motion is granted and the first amended complaint must be filed no later than 

April 13, 2007. Tamara Cooper, the newly named defendant, must file her response to the first 

amended complaint no later than April 27, 2007. 

2. In addition, the following pre-trial deadlines will apply to Tamara Cooper: 

April 30, 2007 - final date to designate expert witnesses relating solely to Ms. Cooper; 

May 18, 2007 - discovery cut-off date for all discovery relating solely to Ms. Cooper; 

May 18, 2007 - filing deadline for all non-dispositive motions relating solely to 

Ms. Cooper; and 

May 25, 2007 - filing deadline for all dispositive motions relating solely to Ms. Cooper. 

3. The previously established pre-trial and discovery deadlines, as set forth in the 

October 11, 2006 Scheduling Conference Order, and as amended pursuant to February 20, 2007 

Stipulation and Order Regarding the Extension of Certain Deadlines in Scheduling Order 

(Stipulation and Order), shall apply to all discovery and designations pertaining to Cornerstone, B. 

Cooper and Ironclad. 

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CASE NO.: 1:06 CV-00608-OWW-SMS

4. The following pre-trial and trial deadlines apply to all parties, including the newly 

named defendant, Tamara Cooper: 

May 1, 2007 - 2:00 p.m.. Settlement Conference before Judge Sandra M. Snyder; * 

July 6, 2007 - last day to file joint pre-trial statement; 

July 16, 2007 - pre-trial conference before Judge Oliver W. Wanger; and 

August 21, 2007 - 9:00 a.m. jury trial before Judge Oliver W. Wanger. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

*Settlement Conference Hearing is OFF calendar, case has SETTLED and parties 

working on final documents.

DATED: 4/27/2007

 

 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder

 Judge Sandra M. Snyder 

 

Approved as to Form: 

/s/ C. Russell Georgeson_________________ 

 Attorneys for Defendants and Counter- 

 Claimants Byron Cooper and 

 Ironclad Industries, Inc. 

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