Free Stipulation to EXTEND Time - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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July 16, 2007
BY CM/ECF AND HAND DELIVERY
The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
United States District Court
District of Delaware
844 King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Re: • Magten Asset Management Corp. and Law Debenture Trust C0. v.
Northwestern Corp.; C.A. N0. 04-1494-JJF
· Magten Asset Management Corp. v. Mike J Hanson and Ernie .L Kindt;
C.A. N0. 05-0499-JJF
Your Honor:
The parties in the above-captioned cases write to jointly request a moderate extension of
approximately 6 weeks to the expert discovery, dispositive motion, pretrial conference and trial
dates contained in the (consolidated) Rule 16 Scheduling Order, as delineated in the Stipulation
and (Proposed) Order that was tiled today (courtesy copy enclosed).
Trial in these cases is currently scheduled to commence on December 3, 2007. The
parties are respectfully requesting that trial be rescheduled to commence at the Courts earliest
convenience in or after early February 2008, and that the pre-trial conference be set for an
appropriate date convenient to the Court's calendar.
Should the Court have any questions, the parties are available by telephone or for an in—
person conference if the Court prefers. We sincerely appreciate the Cour‘t’s attention to this i
request.
Respectfully submitted,
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Dale R. Dubé7$
I.D. No. 2863
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The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. COUNSELORS AT LAW
July 16,2007
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT )
CORPORATION and LAW DEBENTURE )
TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, )
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Plaintiffs, )
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V· ) C.A. No. 04-1494-(JJF)
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NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, ) RE; D_1_ 94
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Defendant. )

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MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., )
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Plaintiff, )
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V- g C.A. Action No. 05-499 (JJF)
MICHAEL J. HANSON and ERNIE J. KINDT, ) RE: D_I_ 12]
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Defendants. )
STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER
TO AMEND RULE 16 SCHEDULING ORDER
All of the parties to the above-captioned actions, by and through their undersigned
counsel and subject to the approval of the Court, hereby stipulate and agree to amend the
(consolidated) Rule 16 Scheduling Order (D.I. 94 in C.A. No. 04-1494; and D.I. 121 in C.A. No.
05-499), as follows:
A. Paragraph 3(e) is hereby amended to provide that plaintiffs' expert reports are due
by September 19, 2007, and defendants' expert reports are due by October 17, 2007.
B. Paragraph 5 is hereby amended to change the date for serving and filing
dispositive motions to November 21, 2007.
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C. Paragraph 7 is hereby amended to provide that the date and time for the Pretrial
Conference is changed to at a.m./p.m.
D. Paragraph 8 is hereby amended to provide that Trial will commence at
a.m./p.m. on , 2008.*
BLANK ROME LLP GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
/s/ Dale R. Dubé /s/ Victoria Watson Counihan
Dale R. Dubé (DE No. 2863) Victoria Watson Counihan (D.E. No. 3488)
David W. Carickhoff, Jr. (No. 3715) Dennis A. Meloro
1201 Market Street, Suite 800 The Nemours Building
Wilmington, DE 19801 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200
Wilmington, DE 19801
Attorneys for PZaintWMagten Asset
Management Corp. Attorneys for Defendant North Western
Corporation
SMITH KATZENSTEIN & FURLOW LLP EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER &
DODGE LLP
/s/ Kathleen M. Miller
Kathleen M. Miller (DE No. 2898) /s/ Denise Seastone Kraft
800 Delaware Avenue Denise Seastone Kraft (DE No. 2778)
P.O. Box 410 919 North Market Street, 15th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19899 Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 425-7106
Attorneys for Plaintw Law Debenture Trust
Company of New York Attorneys for Defendants Mike J Hanson
and Ernie J Kindt
SO ORDERED this day of , 2007.
Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
United States District Court Judge
` The parties respectfully request that trial commence at the Court's earliest convenience in or after early February
2008.
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