Heal the Bay Inc, et al v. Browner, et al

Filing 73

ORDER by Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong Granting 71 Motion to Relate Case to C 14-1392 PJH. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/15/2014)

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ROBERT G. DREHER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Environment & Natural Resources Division
PAUL CIRINO
United States Department of Justice
Environment & Natural Resources Division
P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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OAKLAND DIVISION

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HEAL THE BAY, INC. and SANTA MONICA
BAYKEEPER, INC., et al.

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Case No. 4:98-cv-4825 SBA
STIPULATION RE: ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER
CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

Plaintiffs,
vs.
GINA McCARTHY, Administrator, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, et al.,

AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER THEREON

Defendants.

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Plaintiffs Heal the Bay, Inc., Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Inc. (formerly known as Santa
Monica Baykeeper, Inc.), Defendants United States Environmental Protection Agency, its
Administrator, and the Regional Administrator of EPA Region 9, as well as Las Virgenes
Municipal Water District – Triunfo Sanitation District, hereby stipulate and agree to request an
Order pursuant to Local Civil Rule 3-12 to relate the above-captioned civil action with another
case that was recently transferred to this district, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District –
Triunfo Sanitation District v. Gina McCarthy, No. 4:14-cv-1392-PJH.

Stipulation re: Administrative Motion to
Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related

Case No. 4:98-cv-4825 SBA

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For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Administrative Motion to Consider
Whether Cases Should Be Related, the parties believe that the elements of Local Civil Rule 3-12
have been satisfied and that the Las Virgenes case and this case should be related.

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April 4, 2014

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Attorney for Los Angeles Waterkeeper and Heal
the Bay, Inc

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/s/ Elizabeth Forsyth (with permission)
Elizabeth B. Forsyth
Michael E. Wall
Natural Resources Defense Council
111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Ph: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

April 4, 2014

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ROBERT G. DREHER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Environment & Natural Resources Division

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/s/ Paul Cirino
PAUL CIRINO
Environmental Defense Section
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044
[phone]
[phone] (facsimile)
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants Gina McCarthy and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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April 4, 2014

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/s/ Wayne K. Lemieux
WAYNE K. LEMIEUX (SBN 43501)
W. KEITH LEMIEUX (SBN 161850)
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Suite 350
Westlake Village, California 91362-3852
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorney for Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
– Triunfo Sanitation District Joint Powers Authority

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Stipulation re: Administrative Motion to
Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related

Case No. 4:98-cv-4825 SBA

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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4/12/2014
Dated: ____________________

______________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Stipulation re: Administrative Motion to
Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related

Case No. 4:98-cv-4825 SBA

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