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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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Jack Silver, Esq. SB # 160575

Email: lhm28843@sbcglobal.net

LAW OFFICE OF JACK SILVER

Jerry Bernhaut, Esq. SB # 206264

Email: j3bernhaut@gmail.com

Post Office Box 5469

Santa Rosa, CA 95402-5469

Tel (707) 528-8175 

Fax. (707) 528-8675

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA RIVER WATCH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA RIVER WATCH, an IRC CASE NO.: 3:15-cv-01283 WHO

Section 501(c)(3) WATCH, non-profit,

public benefit corporation, EXPEDITED MOTION FOR

RELIEF FROM CASE MANAGEMENT

Plaintiff, SCHEDULE; DECLARATION OF

v. JERRY BERNHAUT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

SONOMA VALLEY COUNTY [Civil L. R. 16-2(d)]

SANITATION DISTRICT and SONOMA

COUNTY WATER AGENCY,

Defendants. Case Mgmt Conf.: July 21, 2015

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Plaintiff CALIFORNIA RIVER WATCH hereby moves for relief from the Court’s Order

of May 12, 2015 re-setting the Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines (Dkt 

#9) in that Plaintiff moves to further extend all deadlines for a period of thirty (30) days.

Dated: June 25, 2015 /s/ Jerry Bernhaut 

JERRY BERNHAUT

Attorney for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA RIVER WATCH

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DECLARATION OF JERRY BERNHAUT

1. I am co-counsel for Plaintiff California River Watch herein, have personal

knowledge of all matters stated herein, and, if called as a witness, could and would testify

competently thereto. 

2. A previous Expedited Motion for Relief was filed on behalf of Plaintiff on May

8, 2015 (Dkt # 8). At that time, the parties and their respective counsel were participating in

active settlement discussions and anticipated resolution of the lawsuit by the end of June, 2015. 

The Court issued its Order (Dkt # 9) extending the deadlines set forth in the Order Setting Initial

Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines as follows:

Last day to: 

• meet and confer re: initial disclosures, early - June 30, 2015

 settlement, ADR process selection, and 

 discovery plan

•file ADR Certification signed by Parties and Counsel

•file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice

 of Need for ADR Phone Conference

File Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial disclosures - July 14, 2015

and File Case Management Statement

Initial Case Management Conference - July 21, 2015

2:00 p.m. - Courtroom 2, 17 Floor, San Francisco. th

3. Since the time of the May 12, 2015 Order, the parties have remained in active

settlement discussions and are now in the final stages of negotiations. A draft Settlement

Agreement was presented to Defendant’s Board of Supervisors at its meeting on June 23, 2015. 

A final Agreement will need the approval and signature of Defendant’s Board of Supervisors.

The next scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting takes place on July 21, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.

4. Under the current Order, the parties are required to meet and confer under FRCP

26(f) by June 30, 2015. An Initial Case Management Conference is scheduled for July 21, 2015.

I am requesting all deadlines be further extended for a period of thirty (30) days to allow the

parties time to present a final Agreement to Defendant’s Board of Supervisors for approval and

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signature. The continuance requested will not hinder or harm any proceedings in this matter.

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the

foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed in Santa Rosa, California on

June 24, 2015.

 /s/ Jerry Bernhaut 

JERRY BERNHAUT

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby, 

ORDERED, that the deadlines set forth in the Order Setting Initial Case Management

Conference and ADR Deadlines be further extended as follows:

Last day to: 

• meet and confer re: initial disclosures, early - August 4, 2015

 settlement, ADR process selection, and 

 discovery plan

•file ADR Certification signed by Parties and Counsel

•file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice

 of Need for ADR Phone Conference

Last day to file Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial - August 11, 2015

disclosures and File Case Management Statement

Initial Case Management Conference - August 18, 2015

2:00 p.m. - Courtroom 2, 17 Floor, San Francisco th

Dated: _________ ____________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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