United States of America v. Sweeney et al

Filing 38

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 12/6/2017 EXTENDING the deadline for joining parties or amending the pleadings to 1/1/2018. (Hunt, G)

1 JEFFREY H. WOOD
Acting Assistant Attorney General
2 ANDREW J. DOYLE
United States Department of Justice
3 Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Environmental Defense Section
4 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050
San Francisco, CA 94105
5 Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone]
6 PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney
7 GREGORY T. BRODERICK
Assistant United States Attorney
8 501 I Street, Suite 10-100
9 Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: [phone]
10 Attorneys for the United States
11 LAWRENCE S. BAZEL (CA No. 114641)
LAUREN BERNADETT (CA No. 295251)
12 BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL LLP
13 155 Sansome Street, Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
14 Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone]
15 Attorneys for Defendants John Donnelly Sweeney and
Point Buckler Club, LLC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
JOHN DONNELLY SWEENEY and
POINT BUCKLER CLUB, LLC

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE:
EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO AMEND
PLEADINGS
ORDER

Defendants.

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Pursuant Local Rule 143, the parties hereby stipulate and propose that the Court modify

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the deadline for joining parties or amending the pleadings. The current deadline in December 1,

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2017. See Dkt. No. 20 at ¶ II. There is good cause for permitting this stipulated extension

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because the parties have focused narrowly on limited financial discovery and resolution,

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including an October 17, 2017, settlement conference, and a continued December 12, 2017

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settlement conference. As the parties have conducted no meaningful fact discovery beyond

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limited financial information, the United States has not been able to determine if there are any

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further parties to add, or any amendments that may be appropriate. Rather than hastily amending

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the pleadings to add parties in order to preserve claims, the parties stipulate, and propose, to

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extend the deadline for joining parties or amending the pleadings to January 1, 2018.

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Respectfully submitted,

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney

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Dated: December 1, 2017

/s/ Gregory T. Broderick
GREGORY T. BRODERICK,
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for the United States

Dated: December 1, 2017

/s/ Lawrence S. Bazel (authorized 12/01/2017)
LAWRENCE S. BAZEL
Attorney for Defendants

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ORDER

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In accordance with the foregoing stipulation and good cause appearing,

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IT IS SO ORDERED. The Scheduling Order is hereby amended such that any joinder of

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parties or amendments to the pleadings shall be filed by January 1, 2018. No additional joinder

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or amendments to pleadings will be permitted without leave of court, good cause having been

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shown.

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DATED: December 6, 2017.

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