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Parties Involved:
Centex Homes
Defendant
Newmeyer & Dillion, LLP
Defendant
RGL Forensics
Defendant
RGL Inc.
Defendant
Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut
Plaintiff

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3:13-cv-00088-CRB

STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

Scott S. Thomas, Bar No. 106720

sst@paynefears.com

J. Kelby Van Patten, Bar No. 167553

kvp@paynefears.com

Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bar No. 246511

jmh@paynefears.com

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

Attorneys at Law

Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100

Irvine, California 92614

Telephone: (949) 851-1100

Facsimile: (949) 851-1212

Attorneys for CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership; 

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California limited liability partnership

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF 

CONNECTICUT, a Connecticut corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership; 

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California 

limited liability partnership; RGL INC., a 

California corporation, dba RGL 

FORENSICS; and DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:13-cv-00088-CRB

[Consolidated with Case No. 3:12-cv-00371-

CRB]

Honorable Charles R. Breyer

STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND 

ORDER

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STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut (“Travelers”), Centex Homes (“Centex”)

and Newmeyer & Dillion, through their designated counsel, respectfully request that this Court 

stay this matter for all purposes, including the recent briefing the Court ordered following the 

status conference held on March 18, 2016. (Docket No. 96.)

Travelers and Centex have been involved in substantial global settlement negotiations for 

the dozens of cases between them in California courts. This includes state and federal cases 

throughout California, including this one. 

On January 19, 2016, Travelers and Centex attended a mandatory settlement conference 

before the Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the Central District of California. Travelers and 

Centex adjourned the conference to exchange certain information to assist in further settlement 

discussions. As part of the ongoing settlement discussions, Travelers and Centex entered into an 

informal standstill of most of the outstanding cases to conserve resources and promote judicial 

economy. Although this case was not initially part of the standstill, the parties wish to extend the 

standstill to include this case as well.

Initially the standstill was for 30 days to facilitate a February 23, 2016, settlement 

conference. However, Travelers and Centex continued the MSC to April 1, 2016, to permit for 

additional information gathering. Recently, however, the Court continued the MSC to May 10, 

2016. If discussions are promising, Travelers and Centex may wish to hold additional days of 

settlement discussion if all issues are not resolved on May 10, 2016. 

RGL, Inc is not a party to the above referenced settlement discussions and is not requesting 

a stay. RGL asserts that Travelers has failed to comply with its obligations under FRCP 26 (a) (1) 

(A) (iii) in that Travelers’ disclosure did not contain the required “computation of each category of 

damages claimed”. 

Nonetheless, RGL does not object to entry of a stay as desired by the other parties 

provided that the stay shall not in any way prejudice RGL’s rights to bring a motion to compel the 

required computation.

In light of the May 10, 2016, continued MSC, the parties now wish to stay this matter for 

all purposes and to take the May 20, 2016, status conference off calendar. The parties believe a 

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STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

stay will focus the parties’ settlement efforts and preserve judicial economy.

If the Court agrees to the stay, the parties propose that they submit a brief joint status 

report no later than May 24, 2016, indicating whether the settlement discussions remain ongoing, 

such that a continued stay is warranted, or whether the discussions have reached an impasse and, 

in that case, propose a briefing schedule on the briefs the Court ordered during the March 18, 

2016, status conference. (Docket No. 96.)

DATED: April 25, 2016 PAYNE & FEARS LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Hayes

J. KELBY VAN PATTEN

JEFFREY M. HAYES

Attorneys for CENTEX HOMES

DATED: April 25, 2016 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

/s/ Rebecca Hunter

A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ.

RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ.

REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ.

Attorneys for TRAVELERS INDEMNITY 

COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT

DATED: April 25, 2016 ERICKSEN ARBUTHNOT 

By: /s/ Andrew Sclar

ANDREW P. SCLAR

Attorneys for RGL, INC.

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STIPULATION TO STAY CASE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(949) 851-1100

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case is stayed for all 

purposes and all pending deadlines are taken off calendar.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties submit an joint status update no later than 

May 24, 2016, following of the conclusion of the MSC that is being held before Honorable John 

A. Kronstadt of the Central District of California.

Dated: April 28, 2016

Hon. Charles R. Breyer

Judge, United States District Court

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