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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1319 Clean Water Act

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Christopher Sproul (State Bar No. 126398)

Jodene Isaacs (State Bar No. 226895)

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES

5135 Anza Street 

San Francisco, California 94121 

Telephone: (415) 533-3376, (510) 847-3467 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

Email: csproul@enviroadvocates.com 

Email: jisaacs@enviroadvocates.com 

Fredric Evenson (State Bar No. 198059) 

ECOLOGY LAW CENTER

~Monterey Bay~

P.O. Box 1000 

Santa Cruz, CA 95061 

Telephone: (831) 454-8216 

Email: evenson@ecologylaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION,

 Plaintiff,

 v. 

PICK-N-PULL SAN JOSE AUTO 

DISMANTLERS, A CALIFORNIA GENERAL 

PARTNERSHIP, 

Defendant.

Civil Case No. 5:15-cv-02381 PSG 

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING 

COMPLAINT AND ENTERING

CONSENT DECREE 

 

Case 5:15-cv-02381-PSG Document 15 Filed 12/18/15 Page 1 of 4
Stipulation to Dismiss; [Proposed] Order

Civil Case No.: C 15-02381 PSG

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TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES, AND THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff, Ecological Rights Foundation, and Defendant, Pick-nPull San Jose Auto Dismantlers (“Pick-n-Pull”), (collectively, the “Parties”) have reached settlement in 

the above-captioned case and have executed a Consent Decree. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations 

require that any proposed settlement of a Clean Water Act case must be provided to the United States 

Department of Justice and the national and Region IX offices of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (“federal agencies”) prior to any judicial entry of the settlement. (See 33 U.S.C. 

§1365(c); 40 C.F.R. § 135.5.) Plaintiff provided the [Proposed] Consent Decree to the federal agencies 

for review on October 30, 2015 and on December 14, 2015, the United States Department of Justice

notified the court and the parties of its non-objection to the proposed settlement. In accordance with 

federal law, judgment disposing of this action may be now be entered. 

 NOW THEREFORE, for the reasons set forth above, the Parties hereby stipulate, and 

respectfully request, that the Court: (1) approve and execute the Order dismissing the Complaint with 

prejudice under Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and (2) approve and sign the 

attached Consent Decree which provides for continuing Court jurisdiction over any disputes which may 

arise between the parties under the agreement.

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, 

DATED: December 14, 2015 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

By: /s/ Margaret Rosegay

MARGARET ROSEGAY

Attorney for Defendant 

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Stipulation to Dismiss; [Proposed] Order

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DATED: December 14, 2015 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES

By: /s/ Jodene Isaacs

JODENE ISAACS

Attorney for Plaintiff

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION

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Stipulation to Dismiss; [Proposed] Order

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

 After consideration of the Consent Decree between the parties attached to this order, I hereby 

dismiss this case with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) and retain 

jurisdiction over the parties with respect to any disputes that may arise under the Consent Decree.

 IT IS SO ORDERED:

 Date: 

Honorable Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

12/18/2015

Case 5:15-cv-02381-PSG Document 15 Filed 12/18/15 Page 4 of 4