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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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STIPULATION

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Lester O. Brown, State Bar No. 160828

LBrown@perkinscoie.com

Thomas M. McMahon, Bar No. 106074

TMcmahon@perkinscoie.com

PERKINS COIE LLP

1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700

Los Angeles, CA 90067-1721

Telephone: 310.788.9900

Facsimile: 310.788.3399

Attorneys for Defendant

West Coast Wood Preserving, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 

and the TOXIC SUBSTANCES 

CONTROL ACCOUNT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JIM DOBBAS, INC., a California 

corporation; CONTINENTAL RAIL, 

INC., a Delaware corporation; 

DAVID VAN OVER, individually; 

PACIFIC WOOD PRESERVING, a 

dissolved California corporation; and 

WEST COAST WOOD 

PRESERVING, LLC, a Nevada 

limited liability company,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION BY DEFENDANT 

WEST COAST WOOD PRESERVING, 

LLC AND PLAINTIFFS 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 

AND THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES 

CONTROL ACCOUNT REGARDING 

SETTLEMENT IN PRINCIPLE AND 

CONTINUATION OF WEST COAST 

WOOD PRESERVING’S MOTION 

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Judge: William B. Shubb

Trial: January 4, 2017

Action Filed: March 3, 2014

AND RELATED CROSSCLAIMS 

AND COUNTERCLAIMS.

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STIPULATION

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS Plaintiffs California Department of Toxic Substances Control 

and the Toxic Substances Control Account (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a 

Complaint in the above-captioned action on March 3, 2014, and filed a First 

Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on December 11, 2014;

WHEREAS Defendant West Coast Wood Preserving, LLC (“WCWP”) filed 

an Answer to the Complaint on June 10, 2014, and an Answer to the FAC on 

January 5, 2015;

WHEREAS WCWP filed a Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion”) on 

December 15, 2014;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs filed an Opposition to the Motion on February 20, 

2015;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs and WCWP participated in a confidential mediation on 

March 3, 2015;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs and WCWP reached a settlement in principle at the

mediation pending the completion of a written settlement agreement and the 

completion of the required governmental procedures and Court approval for such a 

settlement;

WHEREAS the Court has set the hearing for WCWP’s Motion on April 6, 

2015;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs and WCWP that:

1. WCWP’s Motion be taken off calendar for April 6, 2015, and 

continued until ten days after this Court holds a hearing on a Motion to Approve the 

[Proposed] Consent Decree Between Plaintiffs and Defendant WCWP (“Motion to 

Approve the Consent Decree”), which will be filed with the Court;

2. Plaintiffs and WCWP request that the Court set a hearing date of 

July 13, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. for a hearing on the Motion to Approve the Consent 

Decree. Should the public comment period required under 42 U.S.C. section 

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9622(d)(2)(B) run longer than anticipated, the parties further stipulate that a request 

may be made for a continuance of the hearing on the Motion to Approve the 

Consent Decree.

DATED: March 5, 2015

Respectfully submitted,

PERKINS COIE LLP

By: /s/ Lester O. Brown

Lester O. Brown

Attorneys for Defendant

West Coast Wood Preserving, LLC

DATED: March 5, 2015

Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

SARAH E. MORRISON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

By: /s/ Dennis L. Beck, Jr.

Dennis L. Beck, Jr.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs California 

Department of Toxic Substances Control and 

Toxic Substances Control Account

ATTESTATION

I, Lester O. Brown, do hereby declare pursuant to Rule 131(e) of the Local 

Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California that I 

obtained concurrence in the filing of the foregoing document from Plaintiffs’ 

counsel Dennis L. Beck, Jr. on this 5th day of March, 2015.

 /s/ Lester O. Brown 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. The Motion to Approve the Consent Decree shall be heard 

on July 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Defendant West Coast Wood Preserving, LLC's 

Motion for Summary Judgment is continued to July 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Dated: March 6, 2015

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