GAR Energy and Associates, Inc. et al v. Ivanhoe Energy Inc. et al

Filing 44

STIPULATION and ORDER to continue the Motion Hearing currently set for 8/29/2011 to 9/19/2011 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. Wanger, signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 8/2/2011. (Kusamura, W)

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D. GREG DURBIN (State Bar No. 81749)
[e-mail]
DANIEL S. CHO (State Bar No. 260902)
[e-mail]
McCORMICK BARSTOW L.L.P.
5 River Park Place East
Fresno, California 93720
Telephone:
559.433.1300
Facsimile:
559.433.2300
TIMOTHY S. DURST (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
RYAN L. BANGERT (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
NICOLE M. GORDON (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone:
214.953.6500
Facsimile:
214.953.6501

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Counsel for Defendants IVANHOE ENERGY INC., IVANHOE ENERGY
INTERNATIONAL VENTURES INC., IVANHOE ENERGY (LATIN AMERICA) INC.,
IVANHOE ENERGY LATIN AMERICA INC., and IVANHOE ENERGY ECUADOR INC.
Additional Parties Listed on the Signature Page

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GAR ENERGY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.,
GONZALO A. RUIZ, as a successor in
interest to and assignee of GAR Energy and
Associates, Inc., and JANIS S. RUIZ, as
successor in interest to and assignee of GAR
Energy and Associates, Inc.

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Case No. 1:11-CV-00907-OWW-SMS
STIPULATED REQUEST AND ORDER
TO RESET MOTIONS HEARING
Hearing
Date:
N/A
Time:
N/A
Courtroom: N/A

Plaintiffs,
v.
IVANHOE ENERGY INC., IVANHOE
ENERGY INTERNATIONAL VENTURES
INC., IVANHOE ENERGY (LATIN
AMERICA) INC., IVANHOE ENERGY
LATIN AMERICA INC., and IVANHOE
ENERGY ECUADOR INC., and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive,
Defendants.

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND ORDER TO RESET MOTIONS
HEARING

1:11-CV-00907-OWW-SMS

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Pursuant to Local Rules 143-144 and 230(f), Plaintiffs GAR Energy and Associates, Inc.,

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Gonzalo A. Ruiz, and Janis S. Ruiz (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Ivanhoe Energy Inc., Ivanhoe

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Energy International Ventures, Inc., Ivanhoe Energy (Latin America) Inc., Ivanhoe Energy Latin

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America Inc., and Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador Inc. (“Defendants”) submit this stipulation and

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request an order resetting the motions hearing currently scheduled for August 29, 2011, to a new

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date of September 19, 2011.

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Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand and a Motion to Dismiss filed by some of the Defendants

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were originally set for hearing on August 15, 2011. See ECF Nos. 33-34. On August 1, 2011, the

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Court reset those hearings for August 29, 2011 due to the press of Court business. ECF No. 41.

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Lead counsel for Defendants is scheduled to be out of the country on August 29, 2011 due to a

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prior commitment. In light of this conflict, counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendants have

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conferred and agreed to request that the hearings be rescheduled for September 19, 2011 at 10:00

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a.m., if that date and time is suitable to the Court. This continuance is not sought for the purposes

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of delay and no party has previously requested a continuance in this case.

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The Parties respectfully request that the Court reschedule the hearings on Plaintiffs’

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Motion to Remand (ECF No. 33) and the Motion to Dismiss filed by some of the Defendants

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(ECF No. 34) for September 19, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.

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ORDER

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Now before the Court is the parties’ Stipulated Request to Reset Motions Hearing.

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Having considered the stipulation, the Court APPROVES the stipulation and ORDERS that the

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motions hearing currently set for August 29, 2011 on the Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand (ECF No.

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33) and the Motion to Dismiss filed by some of the Defendants (ECF No. 34) is moved to

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September 19, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3 before Judge Oliver W. Wanger.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: _August 2, 2011______

_/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER__________
OLIVER W. WANGER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND ORDER TO RESET MOTIONS
HEARING

1:11-CV-00907-OWW-SMS