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1 Victor A. Segovia, Esq. Bar No. 146576 The Segovia Law Office 2 712 Bancroft Road, Number 268 Walnut Creek, CA 94598 3 (925) 674-0185; (925) 674-0165 fax 4 For Duarte José Duarte 5 6 7 8 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CASE NO: CV 08-03021 JSW JOSE DUARTE Duarte, Hearing: August 29, 2008 10 vs. Time: 9:00 AM Courtroom 2, 17th Floor THE STANDARD INSURANCE 11 450 Golden Gate Avenue COMPANY, a subdivision of STANCORP, San Francisco, California 12 and DOES 1 THROUGH 50, Defendants 13 DUARTE REPLY TO 14 OPPOSITION TO STRIKE AND REMAND 15 Mr. JOSE DUARTE objected to and motioned to strike The Standard Insurance 16 Company's (SIC) declaration in support of removal. Duarte also motioned for remand 17 based upon the lack of diversity of citizenship of the parties. SIC apparently wishes to 18 oppose both motions though their opposition papers are sorely lacking. Exhibit 1. 19 Through the Electronic Case Filing system, undersign received SIC's 20 "opposition" papers constituting documents numbered 19 through 26 of this action, 21 except that they are actually only an image of the first page of each document. Exhibit 22 One contains the entire sum of pages constituting SIC's moving papers. It appears SIC 23 failed to electronically file the whole of each document. This appears to be an 24 inadvertent, but serious, flaw on SIC's part crying out for immediate corrective 25 measures. 26 28
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Duarte assumes SIC will take immediate corrective measures to replace the

2 current filing with complete ones though they may be untimely as this point. Upon 3 receiving new supplemental filings, Duarte will of course reply a second time. 4 As it stands now however, Duarte replies that because SIC's entire opposition 5 filing is sorely lacking they should constitute no opposition whatsoever and that 6 Duarte's two motions should stand un-apposed. 7 8 9 10 11
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Shawn Hanson (State Bar No. 109321) [email protected] Katherine S. Ritchey (State Bar No. 178409) [email protected] JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 626-3939 Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 Attorneys for Defendant THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOSE DUARTE, Plaintiff, v. THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a subdivision of STANCORP, and Does 1 through 50, Defendants.

Case No. CV-08-03021-JSW OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE DEFENDANT'S DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF REMOVAL Hearing: August 29, 2008 Time: 9:00 a.m. Courtroom: 2, 17th Floor Before the Honorable Jeffrey S. White

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Introduction and Summary of Argument Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Declaration in Support of Removal should be

denied. The Declaration of Rebecca J. Jeffrey is reliable, includes admissible facts, and does not contain hearsay. Moreover, in an abundance of caution, Standard Insurance Company ("Standard") attached supplementary declarations to its Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Remand, curing any infirmities with the Declaration. II. Background Plaintiff commenced this action against Standard and Does 1 through 50 by filing a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda (the "Superior Court"), entitled Jose Duarte v. The Standard Insurance Company, a subdivision of

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Shawn Hanson (State Bar No. 109321) [email protected] Katherine S. Ritchey (State Bar No. 178409) [email protected] JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 626-3939 Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 Attorneys for Defendant THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOSE DUARTE, Plaintiff, v. THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a subdivision of STANCORP, and Does 1 through 50, Defendants.

Case No. CV-08-03021-JSW

Hearing: August 29, 2008 Time: 9:00 a.m. Courtroom: 2, 17th Floor Before the Honorable Jeffrey S. White

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Shawn Hanson (State Bar No. 109321) [email protected] Katherine S. Ritchey (State Bar No. 178409) [email protected] JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 626-3939 Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 Attorneys for Defendant THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION JOSE DUARTE, Plaintiff, v. THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a subdivision of STANCORP, and Does 1 through 50, Defendants. Case No. CV-08-03021-JSW

[PROPOSED] ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR REMAND AND MOTION TO STRIKE DEFENDANT'S DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF REMOVAL
Hearing: August 29, 2008 Time: 9:00 a.m. Courtroom: 2, 17th Floor Before the Honorable Jeffrey S. White

Having considered the papers filed in connection with Plaintiff's Motion for Remand and Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Declaration in Support of Removal, and the argument of counsel, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Remand and Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Declaration in Support of Removal are DENIED.

Dated: ___________________, 2008.

___________________________________ Jeffrey S. White United States District Judge

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CASE NO: CV 08-03021 JSW Hearing: August 29, 2008 Time: 9:00 AM Courtroom 2, 17th Floor 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California

7 JOSE DUARTE Duarte, 8 vs. 9 THE STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a subdivision of STANCORP, 10 and DOES 1 THROUGH 50, Defendants 11 12

ORDER AFTER HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR REMAND AND STRIKE DECLARATION

13 Upon the motions of Mr. JOSE DUARTE for remand and to strike The STANDARD 14 INSURANCE COMPANY'S (SIC) declaration in support of removal and upon and 15 following due and adequate notice on all appropriate parties and the arguments of their 16 counsel of record appearing at the duly scheduled hearing and good cause appearing 17 therefore: 18 IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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1. Motion to strike the declaration in support of removal is GRANTED; 2. The declaration in support of removal is STRIKEN; 3. Motion for remand is GRANTED; 4. This matter is REMANDED TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ALAMEDA FORTHWITH; 5. Duarte to recover his costs, if any; and 6. Duarte to recover reasonable attorneys fees. * * * END OF ORDER * * *

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1 Victor A. Segovia, Esq. Bar No. 146576 The Segovia Law Office 2 712 Bancroft Road, Number 268 Walnut Creek, CA 94598 3 (925) 674-0185; (925) 674-0165 fax 4 For Plaintiff Jose Duarte 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE SEGOVIA LAW OFFICE

712 BANCROFT ROAD NUMBER 268

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7 JOSE DUARTE CASE NO: CV 08-03021 JSW Plaintiff, 8 Hearing: August 29, 2008 vs. Time: 9:00 AM 9 THE STANDARD INSURANCE Courtroom 2, 17th Floor 450 Golden Gate Avenue 10 COMPANY, a subdivision of STANCORP, San Francisco, California and DOES 1 THROUGH 50, 11 Defendants 12 DUARTE CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON REPLY: 13 ALL PARTIES RECEIVE SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS THROUGH THE COURT'S ECF SYSTEM. UNDERSIGN IS NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER 14 PARTY REQUIRING SERVICE BY OTHER MEANS. On the date below, UNDERSIGN CAUSED TO BE SERVED: 15 DUARTE REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO STRIKE AND REMAND; ORDER AFTER HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR REMAND AND 16 STRIKE DECLARATION 17 I certify the foregoing is true and correct and that this was executed in Walnut Creek, 18 California on: 19 August 13, 2008 20 21 Service List: Standard Insurance Company 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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The Segovia Law Office /s/Victor A. Segovia Counsel to Plaintiff Katherine Ritchey Jones Day 555 California Street, Floor 26 San Francisco, CA 94104