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Parties Involved:
Sarilee Marks
Defendant
Dean Richard Marks
Defendant
Platte River Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL; 

AND PROPOSED ORDER

CASE NO.: 2:14-CV-01666-WBS-EFB

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James D. Curran, Esq. (SBN 126586)

Shashauna Szczechowicz, Esq. (SBN 249102)

WOLKIN · CURRAN, LLP

555 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 982-9390

Facsimile: (415) 982-4328

E-mail: JCurran@wolkincurran.com

E-mail: SSzczechowicz@wolkincurran.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Nebraska corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

PREMIER POWER RENEWABLE 

ENERGY, INC., a California corporation; 

DEAN RICHARDS MARKS, an individual; 

and SARILEE MARKS, an individual,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-CV-01666-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE FINAL 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TO 

CONTINUE THE TRIAL; AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Final Pretrial Conference

Date: January 19, 2016

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Courtroom No. 5

Jury Trial

Date: March 22, 2016

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom No. 5

Plaintiff PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY (“Platte River”), and 

Defendants DEAN RICHARD MARKS and SARILEE MARKS for good cause shown 

below, hereby stipulate and respectfully request to modify the Court’s Scheduling Order, 

entered on July 1, 2015 (Document 41), in order to continue (1) the Final Pretrial 

Conference, currently set for January 19, 2016; and (2) the trial in this matter, currently set 

for March 22, 2016.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL; 

AND PROPOSED ORDER

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In support of this Stipulation, Platte River and Defendants state as follows:

1. On December 9, 2015, the Court entered an Order Re Motion for Partial 

Summary Judgment, wherein the Court granted partial summary judgment in favor of Platte 

River, and against Defendants DEAN RICHARD MARKS and SARILEE MARKS 

(collectively, “the Marks”), on Platte River’s first cause for breach of the indemnity 

contract. (Document 53.)

2. As to the remaining Defendant, PREMIER POWER RENEWABLE 

ENERGY, INC. (“Premier Power”), on August 14, 2014 the Clerk’s Certificate of Entry of 

Default was entered by the Court. (Document 8.) On November 2, 2015, Platte River filed 

an Application for Default Judgment against Premier Power. (Documents 49 – 49-4.) On 

December 14, 2015, the Court entered a Minute Order wherein the Court ordered the 

Application for Default Judgment submitted without appearance and without argument, and 

vacated the hearing date. (Document 54.)

3. The Application for Default Judgment is unopposed, and is pending before 

Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan. Assuming that the Court grants the relief requested 

in the unopposed Application for Default Judgment, Platte River will be in a position to 

dismiss the remaining causes of action against the Marks, and have judgment entered against 

the Marks and Premier Power.

4. Counsel for the parties have met and conferred in connection with the 

preparation of this Stipulation and agree that continuing the Final Pretrial Conference and 

the Trial is in the interests of judicial economy and in the best interest of the parties.

5. This is the first request to continue the trial.

6. Accordingly, the parties seek to modify the Scheduling Order (Document 41) 

to continue the pretrial conference and trial date as follows:

 Continue the Final Pretrial Conference set for January 19, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., 

until March 14, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.; and

 Continue the Trial set for March 22, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., until April 19, 2016, 

at 9:00 a.m.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL; 

AND PROPOSED ORDER

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 11, 2016 WOLKIN • CURRAN, LLP

By: /s/ James D. Curran

James D. Curran

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY

Dated: January 11, 2016 SLATER HERSEY & LIEBERMAN, LLP

(as authorized 01/11/2016)

By: /s/ Mark K. Slater

Mark K. Slater

Attorneys for Defendants

DEAN RICHARD MARKS and

SARILEE MARKS

ORDER

Based on the foregoing stipulation between Plaintiff PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE 

COMPANY (“Platte River”) on the one hand, and Defendants DEAN RICHARD MARKS 

and SARILEE MARKS (collectively, “Defendants”) on the other hand, and good cause 

appearing therefor, the Court orders as follows:

The Scheduling Order (Document 41) is modified as follows:

 Continue the Final Pretrial Conference set for January 19, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., 

until March 14, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.; and

 Continue the Trial set for March 22, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., until April 19, 2016, 

at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2016

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