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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR MEDIATION AND CONTINUANCE OF MSJ HEARING

LOMBARDI, LOPER

& CONANT, LLP

Lake Merritt Plaza 

1999 Harrison Street 

Suite 2600 

Oakland, CA 94612-3541

TEL: 510/433-2600 

FAX: 510/433-2699 

B. CLYDE HUTCHINSON, 037526 

AN H. NGUYEN, 215453 

LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP 

Lake Merritt Plaza 

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2600 

Oakland, CA 94612-3541 

TEL: (510) 433-2600 

FAX: (510) 433-2699 

Attorneys for Defendants 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, AND 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION/CALTRANS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT— 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA—SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

JOSHUA WARD, FONDA WARD, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION/CALTRANS; 

CALIFORNIA AMTRAK; STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA; JACOB KEATING; COUNTY 

OF SACRAMENTO; COUNTY OF YOLO; 

CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO; UNION 

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a business 

organization of unknown status; and DOES 1 

through 50, inclusive, 

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Case No. CIV. S-04-678 FCD PAN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

MEDIATION AND CONTINUANCE OF 

HEARING DATE REGARDING 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Hearing Date: May 27, 2005 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Place: Judge Damrell’s Courtroom 

“AS MODIFIED” 

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Lake Merritt Plaza 

1999 Harrison Street 

Suite 2600 

Oakland, CA 94612-3541

TEL: 510/433-2600 

FAX: 510/433-2699 

 RECITALS

Defendants National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Union Pacific Railroad Company 

have filed a motion for summary judgment in the above-referenced matter. The motion has been 

fully briefed by all parties and is set for hearing on May 27, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. 

The parties have scheduled a private voluntary mediation with Steven Block for June 30, 

2005. 

STIPULATION

Therefore, the parties stipulate and request that the May 27, 2005 hearing on motion for 

summary judgment be continued to sometime to July 22, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. to permit the parties 

sufficient time to attempt voluntary private mediation of this matter. 

Trial counsel for defendants has conflicts on the following dates with other preset trials 

and/or preplanned vacations: 10/23/05-10/26/05, 11/01/05-11/18/05, 11/28/05-12/09/05, 01/18/06-

01/27/06. Trial counsel for plaintiffs has conflicts on the following dates with other preset trials 

and/or preplanned vacations: 

DATED: May 18, 2005 

LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP 

By: /s/ An H. Nguyen 

AN H. NGUYEN 

Attorney For Defendants CalTrans/Amtrak/Union Pacific 

DATED: May 17, 2005 

LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT A. PIERING, ESQ. 

By: /s/ Robert A. Piering 

ROBERT A. PIERING 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Lake Merritt Plaza 

1999 Harrison Street 

Suite 2600 

Oakland, CA 94612-3541

TEL: 510/433-2600 

FAX: 510/433-2699 

 ORDER

The hearing on motion for summary judgment is hereby RESET to July 22, 2005 at 

10:00 a.m. in courtroom #2. The Order to Show Cause hearing set for May 27, 2005 shall remain 

as calendared and the parties shall file the responses to the Order as directed by May 20, 2005. The 

pretrial conference is hereby RESET to October 14, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. The joint pretrial statement 

shall be filed on or before October 7, 2005. The parties are to refer to the court’s scheduling order 

filed August 4, 2004 as to the form and content of the statement. The jury trial is RESET 

February 14, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. 

DATED: _May 18, 2005 

By: /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

HONORABLE FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

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1999 Harrison Street 

Suite 2600 

Oakland, CA 94612-3541

TEL: 510/433-2600 

FAX: 510/433-2699 

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