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Parties Involved:
Amanda Forrest
Plaintiff
Fortis Insurance Company
Defendant

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EARLY A.D.R.

CASE NO. 3:04-CV-05085 (CW)

BRYDON HUGO & PARKER

 John R. Brydon (Bar No. CA 83365)

 Robert W. Farrell (Bar No. CA 107461)

135 Main Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 808-0300

Facsimile: (415) 808-0333

Attorneys for Plaintiff

AMANDA FORREST

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

 Gregory N. Pimstone (Bar No. CA 150203)

 Andrew H. Struve (Bar No. CA 200803)

11355 West Olympic Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614

Telephone: (310) 312-4000

Facsimile: (310) 312-4224

Email: astruve@manatt.com

Attorneys for Defendant

FORTIS INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

AMANDA FORREST,

Plaintiff,

vs.

FORTIS INSURANCE COMPANY; 

and DOES 1 through 25, inclusive,

Defendant.

No. 3:04-CV-05085 (CW)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION AMENDING 

PRETRIAL DATES TO ALLOW FOR 

EARLY A.D.R.

[Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(A)(1)]]

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RECITALS

1. The parties to this action are seeking a 60-day continuance of certain pretrial 

dates, as set forth below, for the purpose of engaging in early A.D.R.

2. This action was filed on November 2, 2004, and was timely removed by 

defendant Fortis Insurance Company (“FIC”).

3. The initial Case Management Conference (“CMC”) in this matter was held 

on April 8, 2005. At the CMC, the parties stipulated to various pretrial dates, which were 

incorporated into the Court’s Civil Minutes (copy attached as Exh. A).

4. Specifically, the parties agreed that this case presents a threshold legal issue 

of proper interpretation of the insurance policy issued by FIC to Plaintiff, and that early 

resolution of this issue would materially advance this litigation. The parties proposed to 

present this issue to the Court by cross-motions for summary judgment. At the CMC, the 

Court agreed and set the following schedule:

• Defendant’s opening brief to be filed by July 1, 2005

• Plaintiff’s opposition and cross-motion to be filed by July 15, 2005

• Defendant’s reply/opposition to be filed by July 22, 2005

• Plaintiff’s surreply to be filed by July 29, 2005

• Hearing and further CMC to be held August 12, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.

(See attached Civil Minutes, Ex. A). The Court also set a mediation completion deadline 

of September 30, 2005, in the event that the action is not resolved in its entirety by the 

cross-motions.

4. Since the April 8, 2005 CMC, the parties have engaged in preliminary 

settlement discussions, which have included a demand by plaintiff made at FIC’s request. 

Although much remains to be done, the parties have decided that it would potentially be 

fruitful to engage in formal ADR before litigating the issue(s) to be presented by the 

scheduled cross-motions – a suggestion which, indeed, the Court had made sua sponte at 

the April 8, 2005 CMC.

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5. The parties are currently in the process of arranging a formal mediation 

session. Because of the schedules of the parties’ representatives, counsel, and particularly 

the very full schedules of the neutrals whom the parties are considering, it will not be 

possible for the parties to complete the ADR process before the various briefs on the 

cross-motions for summary judgment will be due under the present schedule.

6. In order to permit the parties to focus their attention on a negotiated 

resolution of this action without incurring additional pretrial expense that might prove 

needless, the parties have stipulated to a 60-day continuance of the briefing on the crossmotions, as recited below. The parties agree that no party will be prejudiced by the 

requested continuance of these dates, and that the additional time may facilitate potential 

resolution of disputed issues. 

STIPULATION

NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed that:

1. Defendant’s deadline to file its opening brief on summary judgment is 

extended from July 1, 2005 to September 1, 2005.

2. Plaintiff’s de adline to file her opposition and cross-motion is extended from 

July 15, 2005 to September 15, 2005.

3. Defendant’s deadline to file its reply/opposition is extended from July 22, 

2005 to September 22, 2005.

4. Plaintiff’s deadline to file its surreply is extended from July 29, 2005 to 

September 29, 2005.

5. The date of hearing on the cross-motions and further CMC shall be 

continued from August 12, 2005 to October 12, 2005, or to the earliest subsequent date 

that the Court is available to hear the matter and conduct the CMC.

Respectfully submitted:

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Dated: June 13, 2005 BRYDON HUGO & PARKER

By: s/ Robert W. Farrell

Robert W. Farrell

Attorneys for Plaintiff AMANDA FORREST

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, 

Andrew H. Struve hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained.

Dated: June 13, 2005 MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

By: s/ Andrew H. Struve

Andrew H. Struve

Attorneys for Defendant FORTIS INS. CO.

ORDER

Based upon the representations of counsel and the stipulation of the parties, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant’s deadline to file its opening brief on summary judgment is 

extended from July 1, 2005 to September 1, 2005.

2. Plaintiff’s deadline to file her opposition and cross-motion is extended from 

July 15, 2005 to September 15, 2005.

3. Defendant’s deadline to file its reply/opposition is extended from July 22, 

2005 to September 22, 2005.

4. Plaintiff’s deadline to file her surreply is extended from July 29, 2005 to 

September 29, 2005.

5. The date of hearing on the cross-motions and further CMC shall be 

continued from August 12, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. to October 14, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.

Dated: June 17, 2005 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

40890056.1

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