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Attorneys for Debtors and Debtors in Possession 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re:

PG&E CORPORATION, 

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Bankruptcy Case

No. 19-30088 (DM) 

Chapter 11 

(Lead Case) (Jointly Administered) 

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION 

BETWEEN DEBTOR PACIFIC GAS AND 

ELECTRIC COMPANY AND RUCKMAN 

AND LEAL MOVANTS FOR LIMITED 

RELIEF FROM THE AUTOMATIC STAY

[Relates to Dkt. Nos. 4491-4496] 

[Resolving Motion Set for Hearing 

November 19, 2019 at 10:00 am] 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, 

 Debtors. 

 Affects PG&E Corporation 

 Affects Pacific Gas and Electric Company 

 Affects both Debtors 

* All papers shall be filed in the lead case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM) 

Signed and Filed: November 13, 2019

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DENNIS MONTALI

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Entered on Docket 

November 14, 2019

EDWARD J. EMMONS, CLERK 

U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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On consideration of the Stipulation Between Debtor Pacific Gas and Electric Company 

and Ruckman and Leal Movants for Limited Relief from the Automatic Stay, filed 

November 12, 2019 as Docket No. 4683 (the “Stipulation”), between Gloria Ruckman, Robert 

Ruckman, a minor by and through his guardian ad litem Robert Ruckman, Robert Ruckman, 

Amalia Leal, and Gilardo Leal (the “Movants”) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the 

“Utility” or “Debtor”), one of the debtors and debtors in possession in the above-captioned chapter 

11 cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”), entered in settlement of the Movants’ Motion to Abstain and 

for Relief from the Automatic Stay to Permit Lawsuit to Proceed to Trial and Conclusion [Dkt. 

4491] (the “Motion”); and this Court having jurisdiction to consider the Motion and the relief 

requested therein pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, the Order Referring Bankruptcy Cases 

and Proceedings to Bankruptcy Judges, General Order 24 (N.D. Cal.), and Rule 5011-1(a) of the 

Bankruptcy Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 

and to consider the Stipulation and its provisions pursuant to that same authority and Federal Rule 

of Bankruptcy Procedure 4001(d)(4); and consideration of the Motion, the Stipulation and the 

requested relief being a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b); and venue being proper 

before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409; and the Court having found and 

determined that notice of the Motion as provided to the parties listed therein is reasonable and 

sufficient under the circumstances, and sufficient to afford reasonable notice of the material 

provisions of the Stipulation and opportunity for hearing; and it appearing that no other or further 

notice need be provided; and this Court having determined that the legal and factual bases set forth 

in the Motion establish just cause for approval of the Stipulation; and upon all of the proceedings 

had before this Court and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, and good 

cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. The Stipulation is approved. 

2. The hearing on the Motion (the “Hearing”) shall be continued for 

approximately three months, and shall be rescheduled for the next omnibus hearing date on or after 

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February 19, 2020. The Movants shall file a Notice of Continued Hearing to that effect promptly 

after dates are set for omnibus hearings in February. 

3. The automatic stay shall immediately be modified solely as follows: 

a. To permit the Parties to participate in a mediation to attempt to 

globally resolve the claims against the Utility and its co-defendants 

alleged in the State Court Action (the “Mediation”). The Parties 

shall use their best efforts to schedule the Mediation as promptly as 

possible. If fewer than all parties to the State Court Action agree to 

participate, the Mediation shall nevertheless proceed between 

Movants, the Utility, and other parties that wish to participate. 

b. To permit counsel for the Movants to obtain and file a stipulation in 

the State Court Action among all the parties to that action (including 

the Debtor) confirming the Parties’ agreement to the proposed 

schedule laid out herein. 

c. The automatic stay shall remain in place for all other purposes. 

4. The Parties may agree in writing to one or more further continuances of the 

Hearing, without further order of the Court, by filing a notice of continuance. The limited stay 

relief provided in paragraph 3 above shall continue in effect pending the continued Hearing on the 

Motion. 

5. If the Mediation does not result in a settlement as between Utility and the 

Movants, the Hearing will go forward on the continued date, and the Debtors’ opposition to the 

Motion shall be filed and served not later than 4:00 pm Pacific time on the date that is five (5) 

calendar days before the continued Hearing date. 

* * * END OF ORDER * * * 

 

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