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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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MICHAEL R. LOZEAU (CA Bar No. 142893)

1516 Oak Street, Suite 216

Alameda, CA 94501

Tel: (510) 749-9102

Fax: (510) 749-9103

E-mail: mrlozeau@lozeaulaw.com

SHARON E. DUGGAN (Bar No. 105108)

370 Grand Avenue, Suite 5

Oakland, CA 94610

Tel: (510) 271-0825

Fax: (510) 271-0829

E-mail: foxsduggan@aol.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Environmental Protection Information Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

INFORMATION CENTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY; SCOTIA PACIFIC

COMPANY, LLC, and; UNITED STATES

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Defendants.

__________________________________________/

Case No.: C-01-2821 MHP

STIPULATED REQUEST TO

EXTEND TIME TO PROVIDE

BRIEFING AS REQUIRED BY

COURT’S APRIL 28, 2006

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

The parties hereby stipulate and respectfully request the Court to extend the time for the

parties to file the memoranda the Court directed the parties to submit in its April 28, 2006

Memorandum and Order.

On April 28, 2006 the Court issued its Memorandum and Order the Parties’ CrossMotions for Summary Judgment. In that Memorandum and Order the Court directed the parties to

provide additional briefing on what types of evidence plaintiff would have to proffer in order to

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carry its burden to provide defendants’ liability under the Clean Water Act. Order at 23:22-23. 

The Court directed Plaintiffs to file a brief within ten (10) days of the Memorandum and Order, by

May 8, 2006, and Defendants to file within ten (10) days thereafter a brief in response, by May 18,

2006. Id., at 23:24-24:1. 

The parties are currently engaged in expert depositions in this case during the week of May

1 and May 8. Five depositions are being conducted. The deadline to complete these depositions

is May 12. Upon completion of the final deposition scheduled for May 12, lead counsel for

Plaintiffs is leaving the state for a week for a long-planned holiday. Standing and other witness

depositions in this case will be taken during the week of May 22, 2006. Co-counsel for the

plaintiffs has been out of her office for three weeks with bronchitis and is unable to provide the

briefing in the time frame now required. In addition, she has a summary judgment brief due on

May 12, and a California Supreme Court brief on the merits due on May 26. Counsel for the

defendants also have other briefing commitments due in addition to the current ongoing discovery

matters in this case. The deadline for filing summary judgment motions is June 30, 2006.

The parties stipulate and respectfully request that the Court extend the time to file the

briefing as required in the Court’s April 28 2006 Memorandum and Order. The parties stipulate

and respectfully request that the Plaintiff’s brief be due on June 2, 2006 and Defendant’s reply due

on June 12, 2006. Counsel for Plaintiff hereby attests that the signatories below concur in the

filing of this stipulation.

May 3, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL LOZEAU

 /s/ Michael R. Lozeau 

Michael R. Lozeau

Counsel for Plaintiff EPIC

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May 4, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER

 /s/ Christopher J. Carr 

Christopher J. Carr

Counsel for Defendants Pacific Lumber Company and

Scotia Pacific Company LLC

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: ______________ _____________________________________

Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel

May 5, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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