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Parties Involved:
Ironclad Metals, Inc.
Defendant
Span Construction & Engineering, Inc.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION TO STAY FEDERAL ACTION PENDING AAA ARBITRATION AND ORDER THEREON 

CASE NO.: 1:13-CV-01490-AWI-SMS 

{00187640} 

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DAVID DOUGLAS DOYLE, ESQ. NO. 100595

DOYLE & SCHALLERT 

1233 WEST SHAW AVENUE, SUITE 106 

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93711 

TELEPHONE: (559) 227-2600 

FACSIMILE: (559) 227-3600 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff SPAN CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SPAN CONSTRUCTION & 

ENGINEERING, INC., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

IRONCLAD METALS, INC., 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 1:13-CV-01490-AWI-SMS

STIPULATION TO STAY FEDERAL 

ACTION PENDING AAA ARBITRATION 

AND ORDER THEREON 

Plaintiff Span Construction & Engineering, Inc., a California corporation, by and through their 

counsel of record David Douglas Doyle of Doyle & Schallert and Defendant Ironclad Metals, Inc., a 

Canadian corporation, with the advice of Canadian counsel Douglas Conolly of McQuarrie Hunter, 

LLP., and by and through California counsel Stewart H. Foreman, CSB # 61149, Freeland Cooper & 

Foreman LLP, 150 Spear Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, California 94105, tel: (415) 541-0200, email: foreman@freelandlaw.com. Hereby stipulates as follows: 

1. WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant are engaged in arbitration through the American 

Arbitration Association in the matter of Span Construction v. Ironclad Metals, Inc., case number 50 

110 T 00813 13, for claims made by Plaintiff in this federal action; and 

 2. WHEREAS, by entering into this stipulation, Plaintiff and Defendant have not waived 

any legal or equitable rights that do, or may, exist; and 

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3. WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant due to the pending arbitration, request that this 

federal action be stayed until the AAA proceeding is completed, or abandoned or is otherwise 

terminated; and 

4. WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant agree to provide to the court periodic reports as 

scheduled and/or as requested regarding the status of the AAA proceeding identified above; and 

5. WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant respectfully request that the Court find good 

cause to stay this action as requested. 

Dated: January 7, 2014 DOYLE & SCHALLERT 

By: /S/ DAVID DOUGLAS DOYLE

 _____________________________ 

DAVID DOUGLAS DOYLE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: January 8, 2014 FREELAND COOPER & FOREMAN LLP 

By: /S/ STEWART H. FOREMAN

 _____________________________ 

STEWART H. FOREMAN 

Attorneys for Defendant 

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ORDER OF THE COURT 

Good cause appearing, this matter is stayed during the pendency of the AAA arbitration 

proceeding identified above. The parties are directed to provide a status report on or before 6/30/2014, 

and every six months thereafter until the arbitration has been resolved or the case has been dismissed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 1/13/2014 /s/ SANDRA M. SNYDER 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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