Opinion
Case No. CV13-00826-SBA
03-29-2013
Phillips 66 Company, as Successor in Interest to ConoccoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. Mission Petroleum, Inc., a California corporation, Hakam Singh Misson, an individual and Simrat Kaur Misson, an individual, and Does 1-10, inclusive, Defendants
SUNITA KAPOOR, LL.M. (SBN #154186) LAW OFFICES OF SUNITA KAPOOR Attorney for Defendants Mission Petroleum, Inc., Hakam Singh Misson and Simrat Kaur Misson
SUNITA KAPOOR, LL.M. (SBN #154186)
LAW OFFICES OF SUNITA KAPOOR
Attorney for Defendants
Mission Petroleum, Inc.,
Hakam Singh Misson and
Simrat Kaur Misson
STIPULATION RE: CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EARLY
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE
RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS TO PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON
RECITALS
On February 25, 2013, Defendants Mission Petroleum, Inc., Hakam Singh Misson and Simrat Kaur Misson ("Defendants") removed this case to this Court. On March 18, 2013, Plaintiff Phillips 66 Company and Defendants (the "Parties") further met and conferred, by and through counsel of record, over the telephone in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26, Civil Local Rule 16-9 and this Court's Standing Order. The Parties had previously met and conferred with respect to continuing time to file responsive pleadings to Plaintiffs Complaint. The Parties have now discussed the ADR Process selection and jointly decided that this case might benefit from an early settlement conference before a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California. The Parties further agreed that it would be in their best interest to minimize motion practice and litigation costs in this matter pending the conclusion of the early settlement conference. Accordingly, the Parties have reached the following agreement.
STIPULATION
NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. The parties agree to participate in an early settlement conference before a Magistrate Judge and respectfully request that this Court refer them to a settlement conference as soon as possible.
2. Plaintiffs shall have up to and including April 5, 2013, to file their responses to Plaintiffs Complaint.
IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED.
LAW OFFICES OF DAWN CEIZLER
By: ______________________
Dawn Ceizler
Attorney for Plaintiff Phillips 66 Company
THE LAW OFFICES OF SUNITA KAPOOR
By: ______________________
Sunita Kapoor
Attorney for Defendants Mission Petroleum,
Inc., Hakam Singh Misson and Simrat Kaur
Misson
ORDER
The foregoing Stipulation is approved. Defendants shall have up to and including April 5, 2013, to file responsive pleadings to Plaintiffs' Complaint and the Court will refer this matter to an early settlement conference before a Magistrate Judge.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong