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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Property Damage

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VIOLA COPPOLA, GARY COPPOLA, and THE 

TRUST OF ANTHONY M. COPPOLA,

 Plaintiff,

v.

GREGORY SMITH, an individual; RICHARD 

LASTER, an individual; and THE JANE 

HIGGINS NASH TRUST; JANE NASH AS 

EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DECATUR 

HIGGINS, HARLEY MILLER, an individual; 

CHERYL MILLER, an individual; MARTIN 

AND MARTIN PROPERTIES, BENART MAIN 

STREET PROPERTIES, CAL WATER 

SERVICE COMPANY, the CITY OF VISALIA 

and DOES 1-20, inclusive,

 Defendants.

Case No.: 1:11-cv-1257-AWI-BAM

ORDER CLARIFYING THE 

PLEADINGS AND DIRECTING THE 

CLERK TO UPDATE THE DOCKET 

TO LIST “MARTIN AND MARTIN 

PROPERTIES, LLC” AS THE 

PROPERLY NAMED DEFENDANT

RELATED CROSS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS

The Court is in receipt of Plaintiffs’ letter briefing requesting an Order clarifying that 

Defendant Martin and Martin Properties, LLC (listed in the caption as Martin and Martin 

Properties) is the properly named entity in this litigation. In the interest of ensuring the accuracy 

of these proceedings and based on the relevant procedural history, the Court issues this order 

clarifying the docket for the purposes of these proceedings. Pursuant to this order, the proper

Defendant in this suit is “Martin and Martin Properties, LLC.” All further pleadings should refer 

to Defendant Martin and Martin Properties as Martin and Martin Properties, LLC. 

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Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is directed to update the docket to reflect the proper 

corporate designation of Martin and Martin Properties as Martin and Martin Properties, LLC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 4, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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