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Parties Involved:
Aeroplate Corporation
Plaintiff
Arch Insurance Company
Defendant

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JOHN J. IMMORDINO (State Bar No. 93874) 

SUSANNAH M. DUDLEY (State Bar No. 182939) 

CHRISTOPHER B. QUEALLY (State Bar No. 229154) 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

555 South Flower Street, Suite 2900 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone:(213) 443-5100 

Facsimile: (213) 443-5101 

Attorneys for Defendant, ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AEROPLATE CORPORATION, a 

California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

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ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Missouri corporation and DOES 1 

through 20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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Case No.: 1:06-cv-1099 LJO-SMS 

Hon. Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill 

Presiding 

Courtroom 4 

Hon. Magistrate Judge Sandra M. 

Snyder 

Courtroom 7 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY CUTOFF; 

DECLARATION OF JOHN J. 

IMMORDINO AND ORDER 

Current Date: August 31, 2007 

Continued Date: October 1, 2007 

 

TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff, AEROPLATE 

CORPORATION (“AEROPLATE”), and Defendant, ARCH INSURANCE 

COMPANY (“ARCH”), through their respective counsel of record, that the nonexpert discovery deadline be extended solely for the depositions referenced in 

this Stipulation to October 1, 2007, and said parties respectfully request that the 

Court issue its Order as prayed. Good cause exists for the requested order in that 

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the parties need the additional time for the percipient/fact witness depositions 

and it would obviate the need to make formal motion(s) to extend the discovery 

deadline and thus promotes judicial efficiency. 

This Stipulation is based upon the following facts: 

1) The Court set the non-expert discovery deadline for August 31, 2007 

by Scheduling Conference Order filed and entered on January 26, 2007. 

[Declaration of John J. Immordino, ¶ 3] 

2) Both plaintiff’s and defendant’s counsel have trial shedules that 

make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to complete the necessary 

percipient/fact witness depositions, especially when considering the availability 

of certain of the deponents, by August 31, 2007. [Declaration of John J. 

Immordino, ¶¶ 4 and 5] 

3) The parties currently have depositions proposed for the necessary 

percipient/fact witnesses, the last of which is set for September 14, 2007. It is 

thus necessary to extend the non-expert discovery deadline to accommodate the 

desired deposition dates. [Declaration of John J. Immordino, ¶¶ 4 and 5] 

4) Trial is currently set for January 28, 2008. The pretrial conference is 

currently set for December 6, 2007. A settlement conference is also currently 

set for November 27, 2007. [Declaration of John J. Immordino, ¶ 3] 

5) The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the non-expert 

discovery deadline only for the purpose of taking the desired depositions, to 

October 1, 2007 

Dated: .August 14, 2007 BRUCKNER & WALKER 

 /s/ William L. Bruckner 

By: 

William L. Bruckner 

Jessica Snyder 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, AEROPLATE 

CORPORATION 

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Dated: .August 14, 2007 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

 /s/ John J. Immordino 

By: 

John J. Immordino 

Susannah M. Dudley 

Christopher B. Queally 

Attorneys for Defendant ARCH 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, 

IT IS ORDERED that the non-expert discovery cutoff is extended to 

October 1, 2007 for the purpose of completing the percipient/fact witness 

depositions. 

Date: 8/14/2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 HON. SANDRA M. SNYDER 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE 

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DECLARATION OF JOHN J. IMMORDINO

I, JOHN J. IMMORDINO, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law duly licenses to pratice before all of the courts 

of the State of California and am licensed topractice before this court. I am Of 

Counsel to the firm of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, 

attorneys of record for Defendant, Arch Insurance Company in this matter. 

2. I know all of what follows of my own personal knowledge, except 

that which is stated on information and belief, and as to same I believe it to be true. 

3. The non-expert discovery deadline is currently August 31, 2007, such 

date being set in the Scheduling Conference Order filed and entered on January 26, 

2007. The Scheduling Conference Order also set a settlement conference for 

November 27, 2007; and set trial for January 29, 2008 – later changed by Minute 

Order filed on March, 5 2007, to January 28, 2008 – and set a pretrial conference 

for December 7, 2007 – later changed by Minute Order filed on March, 5 2007, to 

December 6, 2007. 

4. I currently have a trial set for August 20, 2007, in the Ventura County 

Superior Court of California, and it is expected to be a 10-15 day jury trial. It is 

likely that the trial will go forward and I will be unable to conduct the necessary 

fact witness depositions on or before August 31, 2007. I expect to take the 

depositions of Mary Williams and Bill Williams of Aeroplate Corporation. I 

currently have them set for August 27 and August 28, 2007, respectively, but if 

necessary I would need to move them to September 13 and September 14, 2007, 

respectively. 

5. I am informed and believe that counsel for Aeroplate, William 

Bruckner and Jessica Snyder, currently have a trial set for September 7, 2007,and it 

is expected to be a 4 day jury trial. Trial preparation will be concentrated in late 

August. Given the trial calendar for counsel for Aeroplate, Aeroplate has noticed 

the following depositions for the following dates: 

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(a) Susan Neff of Arch Insurance Co. for August 22, 2007; 

(b) Mike Mitchell of the Fresno Air National Guard for August 24, 2007; 

(c) Mike Thomas of Willis Insurance Services for August 30, 2007; 

(d) Richard Hallett of Arch Insurance Co. for September 6, 2007; 

(e) Mike Pete of Arch Insurance Co. for September 10, 2007; 

(f) Brooke LaFrenz of Willis Insurance Services for September 11, 2007; 

6. The parties have agreed to extend the discovery deadline for the 

above-noted depositions and need the Court’s approval per Local Rule 6-144 of the 

Eastern District Local Rules. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

This declaration is executed this 14th day of August, 2007, at Los Angeles, 

California. 

 /s/ John J. Immordino 

 _______________________ 

JOHN J. IMMORDINO 

Filed via CM/ECF on August 14, 2007 

Copy of the foregoing electronically served this 14th day of August, 2007 with: 

William L. Bruckner, Esq. 

Loren L. Lunsford, Esq. 

Bruckner & Walker 

4550 Kearney Villa Road, Suite 209 

San Diego, California 92123 

Email: bill@brucknerwalker.com

Email: loren@brucknerwalker.com

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, Aeroplate Corporation. 

 /s/Raquel Burgess 

By: 

 Raquel Burgess 

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