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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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BOUTIN JONES INC. 

Robert R. Rubin, SBN 117428 

brubin@boutinjones.com

Michael E. Chase, SBN 214506 

mchase@boutinjones.com

555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1500 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4603 

Tel.: (916) 321-4444 

Fax: (916) 441-7597 

RAPPORT AND MARSTON 

David J. Rapport, SBN 054384 

drapport@pacbell.net

405 West Perkins Street 

P.O. Box 488 

Ukiah, CA 95482 

(707) 462-6846 

Attorneys for plaintiffs Blue Lake Rancheria, Blue Lake Rancheria Economic 

Development Corp. and Mainstay Business Solutions 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA, a federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

MARTY MORGENSTERN, individually and in 

his capacity as Secretary of the California Labor 

and Workforce Development Agency, et al., 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:11-cv-01124-JAM-JFM

ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF 

PARTIES 

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez 

Courtroom: 6 

Date: March 11, 2015 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Date of Filing: April 26, 2011 

Date of Trial: May 23, 2016 

UNITED STATES, 

 Intervenor. 

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 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint and Defendants’ Motion for 

Substitution of Parties came on for hearing on March 11, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in this Court. Counsel for 

Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendants were in attendance and presented oral arguments on both 

motions. Having considered the parties’ papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motions, 

oral argument, and other pleadings and papers on file herein, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs’ 

Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint and DENIES Defendants’ Motion for 

Substitution of Defendants for the reasons stated by the Court on the record at the hearing. 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs Blue Lake Rancheria, Blue Lake Rancheria Economic 

Development Corp., and Mainstay Business Solutions have leave to file in this action a First 

Amended Complaint which includes only the following amendments to the Complaint: 

1. the addition of Patrick W. Henning, Jr. as a defendant in his official capacity as Director of 

the Employment Development Department of the State of California; 

2. the addition of David Lanier as a defendant in his official capacity as Secretary of the 

California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and; 

3. the removal of Marty Morgenstern as a defendant. 

The First Amended Complaint shall not name as a defendant any party originally named in the 

Complaint who has subsequently been dismissed from the action, including the State of California, 

the Employment Development Department, and the “Doe” defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 3/20/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez________________ 

The Honorable John A. Mendez 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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Approved as to form: 

Kamala D. Harris 

Attorney General of California 

Molly K. Mosley 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Jill Bowers 

Jill Bowers 

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants Marty Morgenstern, 

Pam Harris, Jack Budmark, Talbott Smith, 

Kathy Dunne, and Sarah Reece 

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