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Parties Involved:
BNSF Railway Company
Defendant
Michael Brecht
Plaintiff
Harsco Corporation
ThirdParty Defendant
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company
Defendant

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Stip & Order to Elect Referral to VDRP; Case No. 2:05-CV-00859-KJM

BARRY UBALDI MCPHERSON & FLESHER LLP

Jacob D. Flesher, Esq., SBN: 210565

Jamie A. Pearson, Esq., SBN: 221261

11249 Gold Country Boulevard, Suite 170

Gold River, CA 95670

Telephone: (916) 635-2200

Facsimile: (916) 635-2120

Attorneys for Defendant BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

f/k/a the BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

RAILWAY COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL BRECHT,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, f/k/a THE

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA

FE RAILWAY COMPANY, a Delaware

corporation,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a

Delaware corporation,

Third Party Plaintiff,

vs.

HARSCO CORPORATION, a Delaware

corporation,

Third Party Defendant.

______________________________/

Case No. 2:05-CV-00859-KJM

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ELECT

REFERRAL OF ACTION TO VOLUNTARY

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

(VDRP) PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 16-

271

Date Action Filed: May 2, 2005

Trial Date: Feb. 5, 2007

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Stip & Order to Elect Referral to VDRP; Case No. 2:05-CV-00859-KJM

Pursuant to Local Rule 16-271, the parties hereby agree to submit the aboveentitled action to the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program. 

The parties further agree that HARSCO CORPORATION need not have a

representative or lead counsel personally present at any alternative dispute resolution

method that the parties engage in. Instead, HARSCO CORPORATION can attend

through local counsel who can contact HARSCO CORPORATION and lead counsel

via telephone if necessary.

The parties further agree that every effort will be made to schedule any

alternative dispute resolution method before the close of discovery, and timed so as

not to interfere with the completion of discovery.

DATED: April 19, 2006.

s/Fred Diamondstone 

FRED DIAMONDSTONE,

Attorney for Plaintiff, MICHAEL BRECHT

DATED: April 24, 2006.

BARRY UBALDI McPHERSON &

FLESHER LLP

By s/Jacob D. Flesher 

JACOB D. FLESHER,

Attorneys for Defendant/Third Party

Plaintiff BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

DATED: April 21, 2006.

ECKERT SEAMANS

By s/Mark E. Gebauer 

MARK E. GEBAUER,

Attorneys for Third Party Defendant

HARSCO CORPORATION

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Stip & Order to Elect Referral to VDRP; Case No. 2:05-CV-00859-KJM

O R D E R

IT IS SO ORDERED. A copy of this order shall be provided to the court’s 

VDRP Administrator, for prompt assignment of a Neutral who is available to 

convene a VDRP session with the parties before the close of discovery on June 

9, 2006. 

DATED: April 24, 2006.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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