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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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Erica A. Maharg (Bar No. 279396) 

George Torgun (Bar No. 222085) 

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER 

1736 Franklin St., Suite 800 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 735-9700 

Facsimile: (510) 735-9160 

Email: erica@baykeeper.org 

Email: george@baykeeper.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER, a non-profit 

corporation, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

MISSION TRAIL WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 

 

 Defendant. 

Civil No. 5:15-cv-3465 

REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

ASSOCIATED DEADLINES; ORDER

 (Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 

 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) 

Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins 

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WHEREAS, on July 28, 2015, Plaintiff San Francisco Baykeeper (“Baykeeper”) filed the 

above-entitled action; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s deadline to serve the complaint on Defendant Mission Trail Waste 

Systems, Inc. (“Mission Trail”) is November 25, 2015, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has thus far refrained from serving the complaint while Plaintiff and 

Mission Trail (collectively, the “Parties”) work together in good faith to reach a settlement agreement 

that would avoid the need for litigation; 

WHEREAS, the Court’s Order Setting the Initial Case Management Conference and ADR 

Deadlines (“Scheduling Order”) set the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter for October 

28, 2015 at 10:00 am. 

WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order states that if the Initial Case Management Conference is 

continued, the other deadlines in the Scheduling Order are continued accordingly. 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to continue informal negotiations in good faith, and anticipate 

reaching a final settlement in this action within the next eight (8) weeks; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff requests, upon the Court’s approval, to reschedule the Case Management 

Conference for December 2, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., or at such later date that is convenient for the Court, 

in order to give the Parties a chance to complete settlement negotiations without involving the 

resources of the Court; 

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests the Court to approve and enter the Proposed 

Order below. 

Dated: October 6, 2015 Respectfully Submitted, 

 /s/ Erica A. Maharg 

 Erica A. Maharg 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER 

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ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, 

1. The Case Management Conference shall be continued to December 2, 2015 at 10:00 am. 

2. The ADR certifications and stipulations to the ADR process or notices of need for an ADR 

phone conference shall be filed no later than one week before the Case Management 

Conference. 

3. The Parties’ Rule 26(f) Report and Joint Case Management Statement shall be filed no later 

than one week before the Case Management Conference. 

4. The Parties shall make initial disclosures or state objections in their Rule 26(f) Report no later 

than one week before the Case Management Conference. 

5. The Parties must file their consent or declination to proceed before a magistrate judge no later 

than one week before the Case Management Conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: October 6, 2015 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 _________________________________ 

 Honorable Nathanael M. Cousins 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

 

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