Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria et al v. Kempthorne et al

Filing 24

ORDER GRANTING re 23 Substitution of Counsel filed by Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria. Signed by Judge Jeremy Fogel on 9/2/08. (dlm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/5/2008)

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ROBERT A. ROSETTE (SBN 224437) LITTLE FAWN BOLAND (SBN 240181) ROSETTE & ASSOCIATES, PC c/o Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 525 Market Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff: ME-WUK INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION ME-WUK INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA, v. Plaintiff, CASE NO. C 07-05706 (JF) PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ORDER ------------------

DIRK A. KEMPTHORNE, et al. Defendants. Plaintiff, ME-WUK INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA ("Tribe"), hereby files notice that attorneys Joseph Kitto of Kitto Law Firm, LCC and Travis Trueblood of Trueblood Law Group, PA are no longer the Tribe's legal representatives. The Tribe requests this Court to withdraw Mr. Kitto and Mr. Trueblood from this action, and proposes to substitute attorneys Robert Rosette and Little Fawn Boland of the law firm Rosette & Associates, PC as attorneys of record. The undersigned certifies this change in counsel is approved by Resolution of the Tribe's Business

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Council, and supported by the sworn Declaration of Henry Sangmaster, Chairman of the Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria filed herewith. Accordingly, the Tribe requests all pleadings, motion, correspondence, discovery material and all other papers to be sent to the following: Robert A. Rosette and Little Fawn Boland c/o Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 525 Market Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Respectfully submitted this 29th day of August, 2008.

By: /s/ Robert A. Rosette Attorney for Plaintiff
Robert A. Rosette (SBN 224437) Little Fawn Boland (SBN 240181) Rosette & Associates, PC c/o Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 525 Market Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [PROPOSED] ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED.

9/2/08 Dated:____________

______________________ U.S. District Court Judge

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(SBN 224437) ROBERTA. ROSETTE LTTTLE FAWN BOLAND(SBN240181) R O S E T T E ASSOCTATES, PC & clo Sonnenschein, & Rosenthal, Nath LLP 25thFloor 525MarketStreet, S a nFrancisco, 94105-27A8 CA (480)889-8 Telephone: 990 F a c s i m i l e(480)889-8 : 997 rosette@rosettelaw. com Ifboland@rosette com Iaw. Attorneysfor Plaintiff: ME.WUK INDIAN COMMIJNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R T H E NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORI\IA
S A N JOSE DIVISION

ME-WTJK INDIAN COMMI.]NITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA, Plaintiff.
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(JF) C A S ENO. C 07-05706 D EC LAR AT I O N OF CHAIRMAN H EN R Y SANGMASTERIN SUPPORT O F PLAINTIFFOS NOTICE OF C H A N G E IN COUNSEL

D I R K A. KEMPTHORNE, et el. Defendants.

DECLARATION OF HENRY SAI\IGMASTER I, Henry Sangmaster, swearanddeclareasfollows: 1. I am the duly elected Chairman the Business of Council("Councilo') the Me-Wuk of ("Tribe"), andthis declarationis based Indian Communityof the Wilton Rancheria upon my personalknowledgeand is madein my capacrty Chairmanof the Tribe. as 2. The Council hasauthorityandresponsibilityto conductbusiness behalf of the on Tribe, andmay retain and substifute legal counselpursuant that authority. to 3. On or aboutAugust19,2008,the Councilmet at a duly noticedmeeting with a
o r r o n r m of memhers nresent- and considered Resolrrfion No. 81908 "RESOLIITTON

Exhibit "A." 4. adopted Resolutionby a vote of 9 in favor, Qagainst the The Council unanimously

as and0 aplstaining, signedand certified by myself asTribal Chairmanand Muriel Sangmaster. Councihnember 5. Kitto and Travis of the The Resolutionterminated representation Joseph

the PC Truebl$od,andretainedthe law firm Rosette& Associates, to represent Tribe in v. the matterof Me-Wuk Indian Communiqy the Wilton Rancheria Dirk Kempthorne. of et al. (t$e"Case"). 6. the in Order"requesting I reviewed the'Notice of Change Counsel; [Proposed]

Joe U.S. District Court for the NorthernDistrict of California to withdraw attorneys Kitto attorneys RobertRosetteandLittle FawnBolandof and Tr{Vis Truebloodand substitute the law firm Rosette Associates, asattorneys record,and affrrm the Tribe & PC of support]the change counsel. s in I SWEARTHE FOREGOING TRUE AND CORRECT THE BESTOF MY IS TO KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF THE PERruRY LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

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Certificate of Service I hereby certify that on August 29, 2008, I electronically filed the following with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system: PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ORDER DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S CHANGE IN COUNSEL Notice of this filing will be sent by operation of the Court's electronic filing system to all parties indicated on the electronic filing receipt. /s/ Robert A. Rosette COPY of the foregoing mailed*/ electronically delivered ** this 29th day of August 2008 to: RONALD J. TENPAS8*/** Acting Assistant Attorney General Environmental and Natural Resources Division SARA E. COSTELLO Natural Resources Section P.O. Box 663 Washington, DC 20044-0663 CHARLES O'CONNOR*/ ** U.S. Attorney's Office 450 Golden Gate Avenue P.O. Box 36055 San Francisco, CA 94102 Attorneys for Defendants THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, et al. CHRISTINA V. KAZHE (BAR NO. 192158)*/** ROSE WECKENMANN (BAR NO. 248207) KAZHE LAW GROUP PC 8359 Elk Grove-Florin Road Suite 103287 Sacramento, California 95829 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, WILTON MIWOK RANCHERIA, ITS MEMBERS; and DOROTHY ANDREW