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Parties Involved:
Armada Bulk Carriers, Ltd.
Counter-defendant
Conocophillips Company, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Foss Maritime Barge 185 P3
Defendant
Foss Maritime Company, Inc.
Defendant
M/V Spar Two
Defendant
Spar Shipholding
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

C 05-3406

Alan Nakazawa, State Bar No. 84670

Dena S. Aghabeg, State Bar No. 185311

COGSWELL NAKAZAWA & CHANG, LLP

444 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 1250

Long Beach, California 90802-8131

Telephone (562) 951-8668

Facsimile: (562) 951-3933

Attorneys for Defendant

SPAR SHIPHOLDING AS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARMADA BULK CARRIERS, a Foreign

Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, INC., a

Delaware Corporation, FOSS MARITIME

COMPANY, INC., a Washington

Corporation, and FOSS MARITIME

BARGE 185 P3, in rem, SPAR

SHIPHOLDING, AS, a Foreign

Corporation; M/V SPAR TWO, in rem.

Defendants.

 

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Case No. C 05-3406

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Expert Discovery Cut-off: April 6, 2007

Motion Cut-off: April 20, 2007

Trial: May 7, 2007

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties hereto, through their

respective counsel, as follows:

WHEREAS, Defendant Spar Shipholding AS (hereinafter “Spar”) was served

with the summons and complaint on March 9, 2007, and appeared in this action on March 29,

2007, when it filed its Answer to the Complaint.

WHEREAS, the deadline for designating experts and exchanging expert reports

had already passed at the time Spar was served on March 9, 2007.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

C 05-3406

WHEREAS, the expert discovery cut-off date is April 6, 2007, and the

depositions of the experts designated by Plaintiff Armada Bulk Carriers, Ltd., and defendants

ConocoPhillips Company, Inc. and Foss Maritime Company are presently scheduled for April 5

and 6, 2007.

WHEREAS, this matter is set for a trial on May 7, 2007.

WHEREAS, on March 29, 2007, Spar filed a motion to dismiss, or in the

alternative, to continue the trial date and modify the court’s scheduling orders on the grounds,

inter alia, that it has not had an opportunity to designate expert(s) to testify on its behalf and

because it does not have adequate time to prepare for trial. On March 29, Spar also filed an ex

parte application for an order to hear its motions on shortened notice.

WHEREAS, in the interest of justice and judicial economy and in hopes of

avoiding taking the expert depositions twice, counsel have agreed to postpone the expert

depositions and extend the expert discovery date until the court has an opportunity to decide

Spar’s motions.

THEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons it is hereby stipulated that the expert

depositions shall be postponed and the expert discovery cut-off date shall be extended from April

6, 2007, to April 27, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: April 2, 2007 COX, WOOTTON, GRIFFIN, HANSEN & POULOS, LLP

By s/ Gregory W. Poulos 

Gregory W. Poulos

Lynn L. Krieger

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ARMADA BULK CARRIERS

DATED: April 2, 2007 STEPHEN THOMAS ERB, PC

By s/ Stephen Thomas Erb 

Stephen Thomas Erb

Attorneys for Defendant

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, INC.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

C 05-3406

DATED: April 2, 2007 KEESAL YOUNG & LOGAN

By s/ John Giffin 

John Giffin

Attorneys for Defendant

FOSS MARITIME COMPANY, INC.

DATED: April 2, 2007 COGSWELL NAKAZAWA & CHANG, LLP

By s/ Alan Nakazawa 

Alan Nakazawa

Dena S. Aghabeg

Attorneys for Defendant

SPAR SHIPHOLDING AS

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April ___, 2007 _____________________________

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE THE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

C 05-3406

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on April 3, 2007, a copy of the foregoing Stipulation to Continue

the Expert Discovery Cut-off Date and [Proposed] Order was filed electronically. Notice of

this filing will be sent to the following parties by operation of the Court’s electronic filing

system. Parties may access this filing through the Court’s system:

Frederick J. Car

fcarr@cwghp.com; mlove@cwghp.com

John Cox

john.cox@kyl.com; kay.klein@kyl.com

Stephen Thomas Erb

s.erb@erbapc.com; y.dorn@erbapc.com;

veronique.n.hariram@conocophillips.com; pamela.f.reed@conocophillips.com

John D. Griffin

john.giffin@kyl.com

Lynn L. Krieger

lkrieger@cwghp.com; amuzingo@cwghp.com

Gregory W. Poulos

gpoulos@cwghp.com; amuzingo@cwghp.com

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: April 3, 2007 s/ Alan Nakazawa 

Alan Nakazawa

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