Opinion
LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP, Julian J. Pardini, Esq., Stephen J. Liberatore, Esq., San Francisco, California, Attorneys for Defendant NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, sued herein as "NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY".
Law Office of James L. Brunello, James L. Brunello, Karen Pine, Attorneys for Plaintiff NATE WORTH.
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO COMPLETE MEDIATION PURSUANT TO COURT'S VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM
GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff NATE WORTH ("Plaintiff") and NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, sued herein as "NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY" ("Defendant"), and collectively referred to hereinafter as "the Parties, " by and through their respective counsel of record stipulate as follows:
RECITALS
1. On May 18, 2015, the Parties agreed by stipulation to participate in mediation pursuant to the Court's "Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program" ("VDRP").
2. On May 18, 2015, the Court ordered the Parties to participate in VDRP mediation.
3. On June 4, 2015, the Court appointed Richard Caufield to act as the neutral attorney with respect the Parties' VDRP mediation.
4. Per the Court's Local Rule 271(j)(1), the Parties were to complete the VDRP mediation no later than September 3, 2015.
5. However, due to the Parties' respective counsel's trial calendars and Mr. Caufield's request that the mediation be held on a Friday, the Parties cannot complete the mediation prior to the September 3, 2015. In consultation with Mr. Caufield, counsel for the Parties are endeavoring to schedule the mediation for Friday, October 2, 2015, or Friday, October 16, 2015.
STIPULATION
WHEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
That the Parties, jointly, by and through their respective counsel of record, request that the Court extend the deadline for the Parties to complete mediation pursuant to VDRP, presently set for September 3, 2015, an additional 90 days to December 2, 2015.
ORDER
Having read and considered the Parties' stipulation, set forth above,
THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS that the deadline for the Parties to complete mediation pursuant to the Court's Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program be, and hereby is, EXTENDED to December 2, 2015.
IT IS SO ORDERED.