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Parties Involved:
Chevron Corporation
Respondent
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Respondent
Theophilus G. Metsagharun
In Re

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING HEARING DATE 

CASE NO. 12-MC-80274 RS (KAW)

Robert A. Mittelstaedt (State Bar No. 60359)

Caroline N. Mitchell (State Bar No. 143124) 

David L. Wallach (State Bar No. 233432) 

ramitteslstaedt@jonesday.com 

cnmitchell@jonesDay.com 

dwallach@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415-626-3939 

Facsimile: 415-875-5700 

Attorneys for Respondents 

CHEVRON CORPORATION and CHEVRON U.S.A. 

INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE APPLICATION OF THEOPHILUS G. 

METSAGHARUN, et al. FOR AN ORDER 

GRANTING LEAVE TO ISSUE 

SUBPOENAS FOR THE TAKING OF 

DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 

1782 

Case No. 12-80274 MISC JSW (KAW)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING HEARING 

DATE 

Courtroom: 4 

Judge: Hon. Kandis A. Westmore 

In accordance with Local Rule 7-12, the parties in the above-captioned action, through 

their respective counsel, stipulate as follows: 

Whereas Applicants Theophilus G. Metsagharun, Jackson Omareye, Lofty Ogbe, Bawo 

Omadeli and Gbejule Okoturo filed an Application for Discovery Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 

on November 29, 2012 (the “Application”); 

Whereas, after the parties agreed to and filed a stipulated briefing schedule and hearing 

date on December 17, 2012, the case was reassigned, first to Judge Samuel Conti, then to Judge 

Thelton Henderson, and finally to Judge Jeffrey White; 

Whereas the parties each understood the reassignment orders to require the hearing to be 

recalendared in accordance with the schedule of the judge to whom the case had been reassigned. 

See Dkts. 21, 22 & 23 (“[a]ll hearing dates presently scheduled are vacated and motions should be 

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renoticed for hearing before the judge to whom the case has been reassigned”); 

Whereas the parties are still meeting and conferring regarding plaintiffs’ application for 

discovery; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT: 

1. The hearing for the Application set for January 17, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. and the 

associated briefing schedule shall be vacated; 

2. The parties will continue to work together to agree to a new stipulated hearing date 

and briefing schedule that accords with the Court’s calendar and the parties’ schedules. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I, David L. Wallach, attest that concurrence in filing this 

document has been obtained from the other signatory. 

Dated: January 4, 2013 JONES DAY 

By: /S/ David L. Wallach 

David L. Wallach 

Counsel for Respondents 

CHEVRON CORPORATION and 

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 

Dated: January 4, 2013 EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL

By: /S/ Richard Herz 

Richard Herz (pro hac vice) 

Counsel for Applicants 

THEOPHILUS G. METSAGHARUN, et 

al.

PURSUANT TO THE FORGOING STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT: 

The hearing and briefing schedule are vacated as set forth above. 

Dated: ________________ __________________________________ 

 The Honorable Kandis Westmore 

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