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Parties Involved:
James A. Harris
Defendant
Alex D. Moglia
Plaintiff
Michael J. Stone
Defendant
U.S. Aggregates, Inc.
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

CASE NO. C-04-2663 CW

MICHAEL L. CHARLSON (Bar No. 122125)

DEBORAH KRAVITZ (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP

275 Middlefield Road

Menlo Park, California 94025-3506

Telephone: (650) 324-7000

Facsimile: (650) 324-0638

E-Mail: michael.charlson@hellerehrman.com

 deborah.kravitz@hellerehrman.com

KERRY C. KLEIN (Bar No. 197483)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP

333 Bush Street

San Francisco, California 94104-2878

Telephone: (415) 772-6000

Facsimile: (415) 772-6268

E-Mail: kerry.klein@hellerehrman.com

Attorneys for Defendant

JAMES A. HARRIS

[Appearance Of Additional Counsel 

Noted On Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

ALEX MOGLIA, as Liquidating Trustee for and 

on Behalf of the Liquidating Trust of debtor 

U.S. AGGREGATES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

JAMES A. HARRIS and MICHAEL J. STONE,

Defendants.

Case No.: C-04-2663 CW

ORDER GRANTING 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

The Honorable Claudia Wilken

Trial Date: February 27, 2006

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

CASE NO. C-04-2663 CW

The parties to the above -entitled action, by and through their counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate as follows:

STIPULATION

This stipulation is based upon the following facts:

1. On November 3, 2004 this Court issued a Case Management Order (the “CMO”), 

which set a May 27, 2005 deadline for fact discovery and an August 26, 2005 deadline for 

expert discovery.

2. On April 8, 2005 (the first available date for the mediation) the parties to the 

above-entitled action participated in a mediation before the Honorable Edward A. Infante. 

On April 8, the parties to the related case of In re U.S. Aggregates, Inc. Securities 

Litigation, Case No. C-01-1688 CW (the “Class Action”) also participated in a mediation 

before Judge Infante.

3. As has previously been reported to the Court by Lead Plaintiff’s counsel in the 

Class Action, the parties to the Class Action have agreed to settle that action, have signed a 

Memorandum of Understanding to memorialize the essential terms of that settlement, and 

are proceeding to document that settlement in a Stipulation of Settlement that will be 

presented to the Court for preliminary approval (and assuming such approval, for an order 

directing notice to the settlement class and setting a hearing for final approval consideration 

by the Court), as contemplated by Fed. R. Civ. P. 23. 

4. The parties to the above -entitled action have continued to informally discuss 

settlement following the April 8 mediation. Although the parties to this action have not 

reached a settlement, and although there can be no assurance that they will, the parties have 

made substantial progress toward a settlement. 

5. In light of the progress in initial settlement talks, the parties to this action 

requested, and on May 5, 2005, this Court ordered, that the deadline to complete fact 

discovery as set forth in the CMO be extended to July 27, 2005. The parties have 

proceeded with fact discovery, and continue to do so, as contemplated by the CMO as 

amended.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

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6. While the parties have continued settlement discussions without a mediator, the 

parties have concluded that a further mediation is necessary if a settlement of this action is 

to be achieved in the relatively near future. Accordingly, the parties have scheduled a 

further mediation in this action for July 7, 2005 with Eric Green of Resolutions, LLC. This 

date is the first date on which the mediator and counsel to the parties and their insurers were 

all available for a mediation.

7. Under the CMO as amended, opening expert reports in this action are due July 8, 

2005, rebuttal expert reports are due August 5, 2005, and the completion of expert 

discovery is set for August 26, 2005.

8. The parties believe that considerable time and expense will be associated with the 

completion of expert reports and depositions.

9. Given the parties’ scheduled mediation on July 7, 2005, the parties wish to avoid 

incurring unnecessary expense associated with expert discovery, and jointly propose the 

following expert discovery schedule: 

Opening expert reports: August 8, 2005

Rebuttal Expert Reports: August 26, 2005

Completion of Expert Discovery: September 16, 2005.

10.The brief extension the parties seek will allow the parties to concentrate their 

time and effort on settlement rather than expert discovery, and thereby facilitate resolution 

of the case. The parties also believe that if they can avoid the expenditures that would 

accompany expert reports and depositions, it will facilitate settlement. Finally, the Court’s 

previous agreement to extend the deadline for the completion of fact discovery resulted in 

expert reports being due before several of the key depositions will have taken place. The 

short extension on expert discovery dates requested by the parties is expected to avoid a 

situation in which expert reports may need to be amended in light of deposition testimony 

elicited after the current deadline for filing expert reports.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

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11.The extension that the parties seek by this stipulation does not alter the trial date 

(currently set for February 27, 2006), the date for hearing dispositive motions (December 2, 

2005), or the briefing schedule for dispositive motions.

12.There also are two fact witnesses who, for reasons related to the respective 

schedules of those witnesses, cannot be deposed before the current fact discovery cutoff of 

July 27, 2005.

13.One of the fact witnesses, Chuck Boryenace, is available for deposition only on 

July 28, 2005, the day after the current fact discovery cutoff. The parties stipulate that Mr. 

Boryenace may be deposed on July 28, 2005.

14.James Harris, one of the defendants in the above -entitled action, is scheduled for 

non-elective surgery on July 13, 2005. The parties stipulate that plaintiff may depose Mr. 

Harris after allowing a reasonable recovery time from his surgery, which most likely will be 

after the July 27, 2005 fact discovery cutoff.

Therefore, it is hereby stipulated that, subject to the Court’s approval, the deadlines 

for expert reports and for completing expert discovery shall be extended as set forth in 

Paragraph 9 above, and that the parties may depose Mr. Boryenace and Mr. Harris after the 

July 27, 2005 fact discovery cutoff.

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: June 13, 2005 HELLER EHRMAN LLP

By /s/

KERRY C. KLEIN

Attorney for Defendant,

JAMES A. HARRIS

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

CASE NO. C-04-2663 CW

DATED: June 13, 2005 JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO

By /s/

JULIA J. RIDER

Attorney for Defendant,

MICHAEL J. STONE

DATED: June 13, 2005 BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C.

AND

WEGMAN, LEVIN & STANLEY

By /s/

DEBRA J. WEGMAN

Attorney for Plaintiff,

ALEX D. MOGLIA

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

CASE NO. C-04-2663 CW

 ORDER

Having considered the stipulation of counsel and good cause appearing therefore, IT 

IS ORDERED that:

1. The date for opening expert reports shall be August 8, 2005; the date for 

rebuttal expert reports shall be August 26, 2005; and the date by which expert discovery 

shall be completed will be September 16, 2005.

2. The parties are permitted to depose Chuck Boryenace and James Harris after 

the July 27, 2005 fact discovery cutoff.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

 6/17/05 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN

DATED: _________________________________________

THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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