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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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Stipulation/Order for Extension of Deadlines/S.J. Hearing 

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ANDREW J. DOYLE 

JOHN THOMAS H. DO 

ANDREW S. COGHLAN 

United States Department of Justice 

Environmental and Natural Resources Division 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044 

Tel: (202) 514-4427 / Fax: (202) 514-8865 

Attorneys for the United States 

CANNATA, O’TOOLE, FICKES & OLSON 

THERESE Y. CANNATA 

MARK P. FICKES 

100 Pine Street, Suite 350 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415.409.8900 / Facsimile: 415.409.8904 

Attorneys for Defendant Roger J. LaPant, Jr. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 Plaintiff United States of America and Defendant Roger J. LaPant, Jr. have met and 

conferred and hereby stipulate and propose for the Court’s approval a further extension of 

deadlines and the summary judgment hearing date. Specifically: 

 1. On February 12, 2020, the parties appeared before The Honorable Kendall J. 

Newman, United States Magistrate Judge, for a settlement conference. 

 2. As noted in the minutes from the settlement conference (ECF No. 134), progress 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

ROGER J. LAPANT, JR., 

 Defendant. 

2:16-cv-001498-KJM-DB 

SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINES AND 

S.J. HEARING 

 

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was made, and a further settlement conference occurred via teleconference on March 9, 2020. 

 3. Since March 9, 2020, Judge Newman has regularly spoken with the parties, and, 

through him, the parties have exchanged settlement-related information and communications. 

 4. Currently, as set forth in the Stipulation and Order dated February 21, 2020 (ECF 

No. 136), reply briefs associated with cross motions for summary judgment (ECF Nos. 113 & 121) 

are due April 10, 2020, and a hearing is scheduled for April 24, 2020. 

 5. To allow the parties to focus their attention and resources toward settlement 

efforts, the parties stipulate and propose for the Court’s approval a further extension of the 

deadline for reply briefs from April 10 to June 12, 2020. 

 5. Likewise, the parties stipulate and propose for the Court’s approval a further 

extension of the summary judgment hearing date from April 24 to June 26, 2020. 

 6. And the parties stipulate and propose for the Court’s approval a parallel extension 

of the deadline for the Joint Pretrial Statement from June 5 to August 7, 2020. 

 Dated: April 6, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Andrew J. Doyle 

United States Department of Justice

Environmental and Natural Resources Division 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044 

Tel: (202) 514-4427 

Attorney for the United States

 

CANNATA, O’TOOLE, FICKES & OLSON LLP 

/s/ Therese Y. Cannata 

THERESE Y. CANNATA 

Attorneys for Defendant ROGER J. LAPANT, Jr. 

 

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ORDER 

 Upon due consideration, the Court approves the foregoing stipulation and amends the 

schedule as follows: 

 (1) Reply briefs associated with cross motions for summary judgment (ECF Nos. 113 & 

121) are now due June 12, 2020. 

 (2) The hearing date for the cross motions for summary judgment is now June 26, 2020, 

at 10:00 a.m. 

 (3) The Joint Pretrial Statement is now due August 7, 2020. 

DATED: April 10, 2020. 

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