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Parties Involved:
Gallo Glass Company
Plaintiff
Nikolaus Sorg GMBH & Company KG
Cross Claimant
Special Shapes Refractory Company, Inc.
Cross Claimant

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COLIN MUNRO (SBN 195520)

Email: cmunro@ccplaw.com 

CARLSON CALLADINE & PETERSON LLP 

353 Sacramento Street, 16th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: +1 (415) 391-3911 

Fax: +1 (415) 391-3898 

MARTIN H. MYERS (SBN 130218) 

Email: mmyers@cov.com 

GRETCHEN HOFF VARNER (SBN 284980) 

Email: ghoffvarner@cov.com 

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

One Front Street, 35th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-5356 

Telephone: +1 (415) 591-6000 

Fax: +1 (415) 591-6091 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GALLO GLASS COMPANY 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GALLO GLASS COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SPECIAL SHAPES REFRACTORY 

COMPANY, INC., and NIKOLAUS SORG 

GMBH & COMPANY KG, 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 1:16-CV-01446-LJO-BAM 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO EXTEND NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & 

COMPANY KG’S TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT BY MORE THAN 28 DAYS 

Judge: District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill 

Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe 

Complaint Filed: September 28, 2016

Plaintiff Gallo Glass Company (“Gallo”) and Defendant Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Company 

KG (“Sorg”) (specially appearing), by and through their attorneys of record in this case, hereby 

stipulate and agree that: 

WHEREAS, a related action was filed by defendant Special Shapes Refractory Company, 

Inc. (“Special Shapes”), in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 

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Case No. 2:16-cv-01563-RDP on September 21, 2016 (“the Alabama Action”), but in which Sorg is 

not named as a party; 

WHEREAS, Gallo moved to transfer the Alabama Action to this judicial district by motion 

filed in the Alabama Action on September 28, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Gallo filed its Complaint in this action on September 28, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Gallo served its Complaint in this action on Sorg effective October 3, 2016, and 

Sorg’s responsive pleading is presently due on October 24, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama granted Gallo’s 

motion to transfer the Alabama Action, and directed the action be transferred to the U.S. District 

Court for the Eastern District of California on October 17, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the parties have discussed, but have not agreed on exactly how the Alabama 

Action will be consolidated with this matter, particularly as to whether Special Shapes’ claims 

against Gallo will be pled as counter-claims to Gallo’s Complaint in this action, or vice-versa; 

WHEREAS, Sorg requested and Gallo agreed to an extension of time of 45 days, to allow for 

the transfer and consolidation of the Alabama Action, of which Sorg is not a party, before Sorg 

responds to the Complaint in this action; 

WHEREAS, the extension of time will not alter the date of any event or deadline already 

fixed by the Court; 

WHEREAS, no extension of time for Sorg to respond to the Complaint has been requested 

previously; 

WHEREAS, Local Rule 144(a) of the United State District Court for the Eastern District of 

California provides that the parties may stipulate to extend the time for responding to a complaint, 

and requires Court approval if the extension is longer than 28 days; 

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Gallo and Sorg, 

through their respective counsel, that Sorg may file its responsive pleading on or before Thursday, 

December 8, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 21, 2016 DUANE MORRIS LLP

By:/s/Robert C. Hendrickson (as authorized on 10/18/16)

Robert C. Hendrickson 

Attorneys for Defendant

NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & COMPANY KG 

Dated: October 21, 2016 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

By: /s/Martin H. Myers (as authorized on 10/18/16) 

Martin H. Myers 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GALLO GLASS COMPANY 

ORDER 

The Court, having duly considered the stipulation of Plaintiff Gallo Glass Company and 

Defendant Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Company KG set forth above, and good cause appearing, orders 

as follows: 

Defendant Sorg’s deadline to file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s Complaint is extended 

to December 8, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 21, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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