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

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28 STIP. TO REMOVE MOTIONS FROM HEARING CALENDAR

(DOCKET NOS. 165 AND 171) – C07-6045 SC

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL

Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office

ERIC KAUFMAN-COHEN, Trial Attorney

Torts Branch, Civil Division

U.S. Department of Justice

7-5395 Federal Bldg., Box 36028 

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, California 94102-3463

Telephone: (415) 436-6648 

mike.underhill@usdoj.gov; eric.kaufman-cohen@usdoj.gov

IGNACIA MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

Washington D.C. 20530

BRADLEY R. O’BRIEN, Senior Attorney

ANN HURLEY, Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

United States Department of Justice

301 Howard Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 744-6484; Facsimile: (415) 744-6476

brad.o’brien@usdoj.gov

ann.hurley@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

M/V COSCO BUSAN, LR/IMO Ship No. 9231743,

her engines, apparel, electronics, tackle, boats,

appurtenances, etc., in rem, REGAL STONE

LIMITED, FLEET MANAGEMENT LTD., and

JOHN COTA, in personam,

Defendants.

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Civil No. C07-6045 SC

(AND RELATED CASES)

IN ADMIRALTY

STIPULATION TO TAKE OFF

CALENDAR, WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

HEARING DATES FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT MOTIONS [DOCKET NOS.

165 AND 171] FILED BY THE UNITED

STATES AGAINST DEFENDANTS

REGAL STONE LIMITED, FLEET

MANAGEMENT LIMITED, JOHN COTA,

AND M/V COSCO BUSAN

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28 STIP. TO REMOVE MOTIONS FROM HEARING CALENDAR

(DOCKET NOS. 165 AND 171) – C07-6045 SC 2

WHEREFORE, the United States’ Motions for Partial Summary Judgment [Docket Nos. 165

and 171] are set for hearing on the Court’s Law and Motion Calendar for March 19, 2010;

WHEREFORE, counsel for the United States and the defendants have engaged in certain

discussions that may obviate the necessity of having the motions further briefed and/or decided by

the Court; and 

WHEREFORE, upon the undersigned consents of respective counsel for the parties, it is

STIPULATED, subject to entry of the proposed Order filed herewith, that further briefing

on the United States’ Motions for Partial Summary Judgment [Docket Nos. 165 and 171] may be

suspended and that the motions may be taken off calendar, without prejudice to having the motions

placed back on the hearing calendar for completion of briefing and for hearing in the event the

United States so requests.

Dated: February 25, 2010. TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

/s/ R. Michael Underhill

R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL

Attorney In Charge, West Coast Office

ERIC KAUFMAN-COHEN, Trial Attorney

Torts Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice

IGNACIA MORENO

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

BRADLEY R. O’BRIEN, Senior Attorney

ANN HURLEY, Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

United States Department of Justice

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN

/s/ Joseph A. Walsh

JOSEPH A. WALSH

Attorneys for Regal Stone Limited, Fleet Management Limited,

and M/V COSCO BUSAN

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28 STIP. TO REMOVE MOTIONS FROM HEARING CALENDAR

(DOCKET NOS. 165 AND 171) – C07-6045 SC 3

COPPENRATH and ASSOCIATES

/s/ Walter G. Coppenrath, Jr.

WALTER G. COPPENRATH, JR.

Attorneys for John Cota

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(PROPOSED) ORDER – C07-6045 SC

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL

Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office

ERIC KAUFMAN-COHEN, Trial Attorney

Torts Branch, Civil Division

U.S. Department of Justice

7-5395 Federal Bldg., Box 36028 

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, California 94102-3463

Telephone: (415) 436-6648 

mike.underhill@usdoj.gov; eric.kaufman-cohen@usdoj.gov

IGNACIA MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

Washington D.C. 20530

BRADLEY R. O’BRIEN, Senior Attorney

ANN HURLEY, Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

United States Department of Justice

301 Howard Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 744-6484; Facsimile: (415) 744-6476

brad.o’brien@usdoj.gov

ann.hurley@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

M/V COSCO BUSAN, LR/IMO Ship No. 9231743,

her engines, apparel, electronics, tackle, boats,

appurtenances, etc., in rem, REGAL STONE

LIMITED, FLEET MANAGEMENT LTD., and

JOHN COTA, in personam,

Defendants.

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Civil No. C07-6045 SC

(AND RELATED CASES)

IN ADMIRALTY

(PROPOSED)

ORDER REMOVING FROM LAW AND

MOTION CALENDAR, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE, HEARING ON THE

SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS

[DOCKET NOS. 165 AND 171] FILED BY

THE UNITED STATES AGAINST

DEFENDANTS REGAL STONE LIMITED,

FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, JOHN

COTA, AND M/V COSCO BUSAN

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(PROPOSED) ORDER – C07-6045 SC 2

WHEREFORE, based upon the filed stipulation of counsel for the United States and

defendants Regal Stone Limited (“Regal Stone”), Fleet Management Limited (“Fleet Management”),

and John Cota (“Cota”), in personam, and M/V COSCO BUSAN, in rem, further briefing on the

United States’ motions for partial summary judgment, Docket Nos. 165 and 171, is hereby

suspended and, further, the motions are hereby removed from the Court’s March 19 Law and th

Motion calendar, without prejudice; and it is further 

ORDERED that the foregoing motions may be re-set on the Court’s hearing calendar should

the United States so request pursuant to a duly filed Re-Notice of Motions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________.

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

PRESENTED BY:

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

/s/ R. Michael Underhill

R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL

Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office

ERIC KAUFMAN-COHEN, Trial Attorney

Torts Branch, Civil Division

United States Department of Justice

IGNACIA MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

BRADLEY R. O’BRIEN

Senior Attorney

ANN HURLEY

Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

United States Department of Justice

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

3/1/10

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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