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Parties Involved:
Steven Calvert
Counter Defendant
City Council of the City of Isleton
Counter Claimant
City of Isleton
Counter Claimant
Del Valle Capital Corporation, Inc.
Defendant
Jim Miller
Counter Claimant
Steven Rosenthal
Defendant
Ronald Swepston
Cross Claimant

Document Text:

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 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN 

A Professional Corporation 

MICHAEL E. VERGARA, ESQ. (SBN 137689) 

ERIC W. DAVIS, ESQ. (SBN 238343) 

813 Sixth Street, Third Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 446-7979 

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199 

Attorneys for CITY OF ISLETON, 

a California municipal corporation, 

 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 

OF ISLETON, and JIM MILLER, 

City of Isleton Building Inspector 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN CALVERT, an individual, 

 Petitioner/Plaintiff, 

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CITY OF ISLETON, a California 

municipal corporation, CITY COUNCIL 

OF THE CITY OF ISLETON, JIM 

MILLER, City of Isleton Building 

Inspector, STEVEN ROSENTHAL, DEL 

VALLE CAPITAL CORPORATION, 

INC., RONALD SWEPSTON, and DOES 

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 Respondents/Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 2:06-cv-01564 DAD 

AMENDED STIPULATION AND 

ORDER REQUESTING EARLY 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

CONTINUANCE OF STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 

DATES 

Date: May 22, 2008 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 27 

Judge: Hon. Dale A. Drozd 

RONALD SWEPSTON, 

 Cross-Complainant, 

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STEVEN CALVERT; CITY OF 

ISLETON, 

 Cross-Defendants. 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties and their respective 

counsel, under Local Rule 16-270 and 83-143, and subject to approval of this Court, that the 

parties attend and participate in an early settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Dale 

A. Drozd on May 22, 2008. The agreed-upon date has been approved by Magistrate Court 

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Clerk Pete Buzo. The parties also waive any claim of disqualification of Judge Drozd to 

continue to act as trial judge in this case should the parties fail to settle at this early settlement 

conference. 

The parties request an early settlement conference and a modification of the 

scheduling order for good cause in order to diligently preserve judicial resources and to further 

settlement. A good cause standard must be met to assure the Court that the pretrial schedule 

should be modified. Good cause is achieved when the parties are working toward settlement, 

and it is apparent to the Court that moving the pretrial deadlines would enhance the ability of 

the parties to achieve a settlement. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc. (9th Cir. 1992) 975 

F.2d 604, 609, concluding that, under Rule 16(b), the district court may modify the pretrial 

schedule if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension. 

In order to conduct a meaningful settlement conference, the parties request a stay of 

all remaining dates listed in the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order filed by the Court on 

October 3, 2007, and continue those dates as follows: 

July 25, 2008 – Complete all discovery; 

September 19, 2008 – Last day to hear motions; 

December 19, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. – Final Pretrial Conference; and 

February 23, 2009 - Trial 

Dated: March 11, 2008 SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN 

 A Professional Corporation 

 By: /s/ Michael E. Vergara 

 Michael E. Vergara 

Attorneys for Defendants and Cross-Claimants 

CITY OF ISLETON, a California municipal 

corporation, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 

ISLETON, JIM MILLER, City of Isleton Building 

Inspector 

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Dated: March 10, 2008 McDONOUGH HOLLAND & ALLEN PC 

 Attorneys at Law 

 By: /s/ G. Richard Brown 

 G. Richard Brown 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Steven Calvert 

Dated: March 10, 2008 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON 

LLP 

By: /s/ Dylan I. Ballard 

 David P. Lanferman/Dylan I. Ballard 

Attorneys for Defendants Del Valle Capital 

Corporation, Inc. and Steven D. Rosenthal 

Dated: March 11, 2008 By: /s/ Ronald Swepston 

 Ronald Swepston, Pro Se 

ORDER

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that good cause was shown and the request for an early 

settlement conference on May 22, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., before Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd 

and continuance of dates set forth in the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order is granted. 

DATED: March 11, 2008. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I am employed in the County of Sacramento; my business address is 813 Sixth 

Street, Third Floor, Sacramento, California; I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to 

the foregoing action. 

 On March 11, 2008, a true and correct copy of the AMENDED STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER REQUESTING EARLY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

STAYING STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER DATES was served electronically 

via the Court’s e-filing system to Counsel of Record. 

 On March 11, 2008, I also served a true and correct copy of the above document by 

mail on the party(s) listed below, by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed 

envelope in a designated area for outgoing mail, addressed as set forth below. At Somach 

Simmons & Dunn, mail placed in that designated area is given the correct amount of postage 

and is deposited that same day, in the ordinary course of business, in a United States mailbox 

in the City of Sacramento, California. I also served a true and correct copy of the above 

document by transmitting to the person listed below, at the telecopier number identified, and 

obtained electronic confirmation that the transmission had been received. 

 

 Ron Swepston 

 P. O. Box 338 

 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 

 Facsimile: (916) 777-6700 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on March 11, 2008, at Sacramento, California. 

 /s/ Jane L. Pratt 

 Jane L. Pratt 

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