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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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REQUEST AND ORDER TO WITHDRAW ECF DOCKET NOS. 1019 AND 1020 AND VACATE THE APRIL 21, 2016

HEARING DATE AS TO THESE MOTIONS ONLY

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FRED M. BLUM, ESQ. (SBN 101586)

ERIN K. POPPLER, ESQ. (SBN 267724)

VIVY D. DANG, ESQ. (SBN 297714)

BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

500 Washington Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 397-9006

Facsimile: (415) 397-1339

RONALD S. BUSHNER (SBN 98352)

SHANA INSPEKTOR (SBN 291841)

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

525 Market Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-2725

Telephone: (415) 433-0990

Facsimile: (415) 434 1370

Attorneys for Defendant

TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

VALLEY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., 

a former California corporation, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:00-cv-00113-MCE-EFB

DEFENDANT TEXAS EASTERN 

OVERSEAS, INC.’S REQUEST AND 

ORDER TO WITHDRAW ITS MOTIONS 

FILED AS ECF DOCKET NUMBERS 

1019 AND 1020 WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

AND TO VACATE THE HEARING DATE 

OF APRIL 21, 2016 AS TO THESE 

MOTIONS ONLY

Date: April 21, 2016 

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Courtroom: 7

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

Trial Date: October 17, 2016

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Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC. (“TEO”), by and through its 

respective counsel, respectfully submits this request to withdraw the following two 

motions without prejudice and to vacate the related hearing date of April 21, 2016, 

related to the following two motions only: 

(1) TEO’s Motion to Exclude the Portion of Mark A. Bryant’s November 30, 2015 

Expert Report and Related Trial Testimony That Contradicts AmeriPride’s Admission To 

TEO’s Request for Admission (ECF Docket No. 1019); and

(2) TEO’s Motion for Sanctions Pursuant to FRCP 26(g)(3) and the Court’s 

Inherent Powers and For Judicial Estoppel Regarding AmeriPride’s Second 

Supplemental Responses to Chromalloy’s Discovery (ECF Docket No. 1020).

Good cause exists to grant TEO’s request to withdraw these motions without 

prejudice. TEO and Plaintiff AMERIPRIDE SERVICES, INC. (“AmeriPride”) have both 

filed Motions for Summary Judgment, which are also scheduled to be heard on April 21, 

2016. This request in no way affects the Motions for Summary Judgment, which are

also set to be heard April 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. This Court’s resolution of issues raised 

on summary judgment, including the judicial estoppel and National Contingency Plan 

issues, may narrow or possibly moot TEO’s Motion to Exclude (Dkt. 1019) and Motion

for Sanctions (Dkt. 1020). For this reason, judicial economy will be enhanced by 

granting TEO’s request to withdraw its motions without prejudice and vacating the April 

21, 2016 hearing date for these motions only.

 

Date: April 13, 2016 BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

 /s/ Fred M. Blum

By:____________________________________

 FRED M. BLUM ERIN K. POPPLER VIVY D. DANG Attorneys for Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

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ORDER

The foregoing request is GRANTED. Defendant Texas Eastern Overseas, Inc.’s 

(1) Motion to Exclude the Portion of Mark A. Bryant’s November 30, 2015 Expert Report 

and Related Trial Testimony That Contradicts AmeriPride’s Admission To TEO’s 

Request for Admission (ECF Docket No. 1019); and (2) Motion for Sanctions Pursuant 

to FRCP 26(g)(3) and the Court’s Inherent Powers and For Judicial Estoppel Regarding 

AmeriPride’s Second Supplemental Responses to Chromalloy’s Discovery (ECF Docket 

No. 1020) are hereby withdrawn without prejudice. Further, the hearing date of April 21, 

2016 is vacated for these two motions only. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 19, 2016

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