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Parties Involved:
Gayle W. Brown
Plaintiff
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION FOR PLAINTIFF TO FILE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT 

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Catherine M. Dacre (SBN 141988) 

cdacre@seyfarth.com 

560 Mission Street, 31st Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2930 

Telephone: (415) 397-2823 

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Michael W. Kopp (SBN 206385) 

mkopp@seyfarth.com 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350 

Sacramento, California 95814-4428 

Telephone: (916) 448-0159 

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY, INC. 

LAW OFFICES OF FRANK PACHECO 

Frank M. Pacheco (SBN 163467) 

343 East Main Street, Suite l706 

Stockton, Califoria 95202 

Telephone: (209) 937-0644 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GAYLE W. BROWN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

GAYLE W. BROWN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY, INC., and 

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:19-CV-01921-KJM-AC 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

PLAINTIFF TO FILE THIRD AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

Complaint Filed: January 8, 2019 

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Plaintiff Gayle W. Brown and Defendant Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. 

jointly stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, On January 8, 2019, Plaintiff GAYLE W. BROWN (“Plaintiff”) filed 

a Complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San 

Joaquin, entitled Gayle W. Brown v. Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc., et al., Case No. 

STK-CV-UCR-2019-0000289 (the “Complaint); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint on March 1, 2019; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint on August 21, 2019; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs seeks to amend the operative Second Amended Complaint 

to add two new paragraphs, but is not adding any new causes of action; 

WHEREAS, the parties seek to avoid litigating a motion for leave to amend the 

Second Amended Complaint with a proposed Third Amended Complaint; 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties as 

follows: 

1. As a courtesy to Plaintiff and to avoid burdening the Court with motion 

practice, Defendant does not oppose Plaintiff’s request to file the proposed Third 

Amended Complaint attached as Exhibit A; 

2. Defendant is not conceding that the allegations in the Third Amended 

Complaint have merit, that any cause of action in the Third Amended Complaint is 

properly pled, and preserves all arguments and defenses, including as to jurisdiction. 

3. Defendant will have 14 days to respond to the Third Amended Complaint 

after the Third Amended Complaint is accepted for filing by this Court. 

4. Plaintiff has stipulated to provide documents relevant to the new allegations 

in the Third Amended Complaint without any requirement for Defendant to serve 

requests for production for those documents and that those documents will be provided 

by April 2, 2020. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: April 1, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

By: /s/ Michael W. Kopp 

 Catherine M. Dacre 

 Michael W. Kopp 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY 

I, Michael Kopp, attest that all other 

signatories listed, and on whose behalf 

the filing is submitted, concur in the 

filing’s content and have authorized the 

filing. 

DATED: April 1, 2020 LAW OFFICES OF FRANK PACHECO 

By: /s/ Frank M. Pacheco (as authorized on September 26, 2019) 

 Frank M. Pacheco 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 GAYLE W. BROWN 

ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall file its Third Amended Complaint within 7 days of the date of 

this order. 

2. Defendant’s response is due within 14 days of the filing date of the 

Third Amended Complaint. 

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 3. Plaintiff has stipulated to provide documents relevant to the new allegations 

in the Third Amended Complaint without any requirement for Defendant to serve 

requests for production for those documents and that those documents shall be provided 

by April 2, 2020. 

DATED: April 7, 2020. 

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