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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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Stipulation to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Claims

[Proposed] Order Granting Dismissal 1 Case No. 2:12-cv-00973-GEB-DAD

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MICHAEL R. LOZEAU (State Bar No. 142893)

DOUGLAS J. CHERMAK (State Bar No. 233382)

Lozeau Drury LLP

410 12th Street, Suite 250

Oakland, CA 94607

Tel: (510) 836-4200

Fax: (510) 836-4203 (fax)

E-mail: michael@lozeaudrury.com

 doug@lozeaudrury.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION ALLIANCE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, a non-profit 

corporation,

 Plaintiff,

vs.

THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC, a 

corporation.

 Defendant.

Case No. 2:12-cv-00973-GEB-DAD

STIPULATION TO DISMISS WITH 

PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

DISMISSAL

[FRCP 41(a)(2)]

WHEREAS, on December 22, 2011, Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance 

(“CSPA”) provided Defendant The Scotts Company LLC (“TSC”) with a Notice of Violations and 

Intent to File Suit (“Notice”) under Clean Water Act § 505, 33 U.S.C. § 1365.

WHEREAS, on April 12, 2012, CSPA filed its Complaint against TSC in this Court, 

California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. The Scotts Company LLC, Case No. 2:12-cv-00973-

GEB-DAD. Said Complaint incorporates by reference all of the allegations contained in CSPA’s 

Notice.

WHEREAS, CSPA and TSC, through their authorized representatives and without either 

adjudication of CSPA’s claims or admission by TSC of any alleged violation or other wrongdoing, 

have chosen to resolve in full by way of settlement the allegations of CSPA as set forth in the Notice 

and Complaint, thereby avoiding the costs and uncertainties of further litigation. A copy of the 

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Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of Claims (“Settlement Agreement”), without the 

attached exhibits, entered into by and between CSPA and TSC is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and 

incorporated by reference. 

WHEREAS, the parties submitted the Settlement Agreement via certified mail, return receipt 

requested, to the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice and the 45-day review period set forth 

at 40 C.F.R. § 135.5 has completed and the federal agencies have submitted correspondence to the 

Court indicating that they have no objection to the terms of the Settlement Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed to by and between the 

parties that CSPA’s claims, as set forth in the Notice and Complaint, be dismissed with prejudice. 

The parties respectfully request an order from this Court dismissing such claims. In accordance with 

paragraph 2 of the Settlement Agreement, the parties also request that this Court maintain 

jurisdiction over the parties through December 8, 2015, for the sole purpose of resolving any 

disputes between the parties with respect to enforcement of any provision of the Settlement 

Agreement. 

Dated: March 12, 2013 Respectfully submitted,

LOZEAU DRURY LLP

By: _/s/ Douglas J. Chermak_________________

Douglas J. Chermak

Attorney for Plaintiff California Sportfishing 

Protection Alliance

HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP

By: /s/ Belynda Reck (as authorized on 3/12/13)

Belynda Reck

Attorney for Defendant The Scotts Company LLC

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ORDER

Good cause appearing, and the parties having stipulated and agreed, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance’s 

claims against Defendant The Scotts Company LLC, as set forth in the Notice and Complaint filed in 

Case No. 2:12-cv-00973-GEB-DAD, are hereby dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties through 

December 8, 2015, for the sole purpose of enforcing compliance by the parties of the terms of the 

Settlement Agreement, attached to the parties’ Stipulation to Dismiss as Exhibit 1. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 3/14/2013

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 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

 Senior United States District Judge

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