STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION v. CHAO, et al

Filing 16

ORDER GRANTING 15 JOINT MOTION to Staying Case by STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION(Deadline for clerk to check status of stay by 7/1/2009.), Case stayed. Parties file joint status report and request status conference w/n 30 days of Pltf receiving Site Assessment Report Addendum. Signed by JUDGE STEPHAN P MICKLE on 11/26/2008. (jws)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:07-cv-0136-SPM/AK

ELAINE L. CHAO, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Labor, ESTHER R. JOHNSON, in her official capacity as National Director of the Office of Job Corps, and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants. _______________________________/ ORDER STAYING LITIGATION THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the "Joint Status Report and Motion to Extend Stay" (doc. 15). To date, there have been no deadlines established nor a trial date set. As grounds for the request to stay proceedings, the parties state that they have scheduled a feasibility study regarding the property at issue. The information obtained as a result of this investigation will be very useful in settlement negotiations because it will assist the parties in development of a remedial action plan. Therefore, for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 1. The motion to stay (doc. 15) is hereby granted

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All proceedings are hereby stayed until Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Within 30 days after Plaintiff receives the Site Assessment Report Addendum regarding the property at issue in this litigation, the parties shall file a joint status report and request that the Court schedule a status conference to discuss further proceedings.

DONE AND ORDERED this twenty-sixth day of November, 2008.

s/ Stephan P. Mickle
Stephan P. Mickle United States District Judge

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