VP Racing Fuels, Inc., v. General Petroleum Corporation,

Filing 21

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 01/14/10 ORDERING that dft General Petroleum has until 02/16/10 to respond to the 17 Amended Complaint. (Benson, A.)

1 Lawrence Riff, Esq. (CSB No. 104826) Jason Levin, Esq. (CSB No. 161807) 2 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 700 3 Los Angeles, California 90071 4 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 5 Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] 6 Attorneys for Defendant 7 GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a California corporation 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Case No. 2:09-CV-02067-MCE-GGH STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; ORDER

VP RACING FUELS, INC., a Texas 12 corporation, 13 14 vs. Plaintiff,

15 GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a California corporation; and DOES 1 through 16 100, inclusive, 17 18 19 20 21 22 STIPULATION WHEREAS plaintiff VP Racing Fuels, Inc. filed a first amended complaint on December Defendants.

23 17, 2009 against defendant General Petroleum Corporation (Docket No. 17); 24 WHEREAS following the filing of the first amended complaint, the parties discussed a

25 potential motion to dismiss by General Petroleum and also engaged in settlement discussions; 26 WHEREAS the parties agreed that it would be in their interest and that of the Court to

27 delay further motion practice until early settlement opportunities could be fully explored; and 28
1. STIPULATION FOR EXTENSTION TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS there have been no prior motions or extensions with respect to General

2 Petroleum's response to the amended complaint; 3 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between counsel for the parties, pursuant to Local Rule

4 144, that defendant General Petroleum may have until February 16, 2010 to respond to the 5 amended complaint. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
2. STIPULATION FOR EXTENSTION TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

Dated: January 7, 2010

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP By /s/ Jason Levin Jason Levin, CA Bar No. 161807 [e-mail] Lawrence P. Riff, CA Bar No. 104826 [e-mail] 633 W. Fifth Street, Suite 700 Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant General Petroleum Corporation MILLSTONE, PETERSON & WATTS, LLP By /s/ Glenn W. Peterson (as authorized on Jan. 7, 2010 Glenn W. Peterson, CA Bar No. 126173 [e-mail] 2267 Lava Ridge Court, Suite 210 Roseville, CA 95661 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff VP Racing Fuels, Inc.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 14, 2010 __________________________________ MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE