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Parties Involved:
Cedarville County Water District
Defendant
Cedarville Rancheria
Plaintiff

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2:12-CV-03046-JAM-CMK 

JOINT REQUEST TO APPROVE 

STIPULATION

LAW OFFICES OF 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

500 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 1700 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 

WILLIAM J. THOMAS, Bar No. 67798

william.thomas@bbklaw.com 

SAMUEL L. EMERSON, Bar No. 222783 

samuel.emerson@bbklaw.com 

JOSHUA A. NELSON, Bar No. 260803 

Joshua.nelson@bbklaw.com 

Best Best & Krieger LLP 

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 325-4000 

Facsimile: (916) 325-4010 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Cedarville County Water District 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CEDARVILLE RANCHERIA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CEDARVILLE COUNTY WATER 

DISTRICT, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:12-CV-03046-JAM-CMK 

JOINT REQUEST TO APPROVE 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL 

AND PRETRIAL CONFERENCE FOR 

NINETY DAYS; ORDER 

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA AND TO ALL PARTIES TO THE 

WRITTEN ACTION: Samuel L. Emerson of Best Best & Krieger LLP and Jack Duran of 

Duran Law Office, hereby file this application to this Honorable Court requesting its approval of 

the parties’ stipulation to a ninety (90) day extension of the trial and pretrial conference scheduled 

in the above-entitled action, on the following grounds: 

Plaintiff and Defendant are currently in settlement negotiations and have a draft settlement 

agreement which is close to final. Defendant is a public entity and any settlement must be 

approved by the District Board at its next meeting. Both Counsels request additional time to 

finalize settlement of this matter and avoid additional costs. 

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JOINT REQUEST TO APPROVE 

STIPULATION

LAW OFFICES OF 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

500 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 1700 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 

 WHEREFORE, Samuel L. Emerson of Best Best & Krieger LLP and Jack Duran of 

Duran Law Office respectfully request that this Honorable Court grant the instant application and 

approve the joint stipulation continuing the trial and pretrial conference for ninety (90) days. 

Dated: January 6, 2015 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP

By: _/s/ Samuel L. Emerson____ 

SAMUEL L. EMERSON 

Attorney for Defendant 

Cedarville County Water District 

Best Best & Krieger retains the original 

document with signatures 

DURAN LAW OFFICE 

By: _/s/ Jack Duran_ _s 

JACK DURAN 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Cedarville Rancheria 

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JOINT REQUEST TO APPROVE 

STIPULATION

LAW OFFICES OF 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

500 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 1700 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 

ORDER 

 On January 6, 2015, Samuel L. Emerson of Best Best & Krieger LLP and Jack Duran of 

Duran Law Office filed a request to continue the pretrial conference and trial in the abovecaptioned matter for ninety (90) days. The application asks the Court to approve a stipulation 

between the parties and continue the pretrial conference and trial in the above-captioned matter 

for ninety (90) days. Good cause appearing as the basis of the request, the request is hereby 

GRANTED. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the pretrial conference is reset to April 10, 2015 at 

11:00 a.m. The parties joint pretrial statement shall be filed on or before April 3, 2015. 

 Jury trial is reset to May 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated this 7th day of January, 2015 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

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