California Earthquake Authority v. Metropolitan West Securities LLC, et al

Filing 15

STIPULATION and ORDER 14 signed by Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr on 4/2/10 ORDERING that the parties' Joint Status Report is due 21 days after the filing of deft's answer. (Owen, K)

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MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP Marc T.G. Dworsky (SB# 157413) James C. Rutten (SB# 201791) Karen J. Ephraim (SB# 233824) 355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071-1560 [phone]; [phone] (fax) [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. and METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES LLC

STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP Michael J. Strumwasser (SB# 58413) Fredric D. Woocher (SB# 96689) Jonathan D. Krop (SB# 263963) 10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000 Los Angeles, California 90024 [phone]; [phone] (fax) [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ­ SACRAMENTO DIVISION CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, vs. METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES LLC; WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; and DOES 1 through 25, Defendants. CASE NO. 2:10-CV-00291-FCD-GGH STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO SUBMIT JOINT STATUS REPORT Date action removed: February 4, 2010 Trial date: None set

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WHEREAS Plaintiff filed its Complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Sacramento on December 31, 2009; WHEREAS Plaintiff contemporaneously filed a Motion to Disqualify Counsel for Defendants (the "Disqualification Motion"); WHEREAS Defendants removed this lawsuit to this Court on February 4, 2010; WHEREAS the Court immediately entered an order requiring the parties to submit a Joint Status Report within 60 days of removal, which makes the deadline to submit a Joint Status Report April 5, 2010; WHEREAS Plaintiff thereafter refiled its Disqualification Motion in this Court, and it is scheduled to be heard on April 23, 2010; WHEREAS in light of the pending Disqualification Motion, and in the interests of judicial economy and efficiency, the parties stipulated that Defendants would have until 45 days after the Court's ruling on the Disqualification Motion to respond to the Complaint; WHEREAS the Court approved that stipulation on February 24, 2010; WHEREAS Defendants currently anticipate responding to the Complaint by way of a motion to dismiss; WHEREAS the parties believe that, in the interests of judicial economy and efficiency, it makes sense to continue the deadline to submit the Joint Status Report until after the Court rules on the Disqualification Motion and the anticipated motion to dismiss and the case is at issue; NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO THAT the parties shall have until 21 days after the case is put at issue by the filing of // // // // // // 2
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Defendants' Answer to submit a Joint Status Report addressing the matters set forth in the Court's order of February 4, 2010.

IT IS SO STIPULATED: Date: April 2, 2010 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP By: /s/

James C. Rutten
_______________________________________ FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Attorneys for Defendants WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. and METROPOLITAN WEST SECURITIES LLC

Date: April 2, 2010

STRUMWASSER & WOOCHER LLP By: /s/

Fredric D. Woocher

Attorneys for Plaintiff CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: April 2, 2010

_______________________________________ FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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