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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:6901 Environmental Cleanup Expenses

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

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Daniel F. Reidy - California Bar No. 74941

LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL F. REIDY

3701 Sacramento Street, # 386

San Francisco, CA 94118

Telephone: (415) 750-4210

Facsimile: (415) 750-4214

Attorneys for Defendants and Third-Party

Plaintiffs Alpheus Kaplan and

Nehemiah Development Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, 

INC., ALPHEUS KAPLAN, 

NEHEMIAH DEVELOPMENT 

COMPANY,

Defendants

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ALPHEUS KAPLAN AND NEHEMIAH

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,

Third-Party Plaintiffs,

v.

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

AMCAL, KIRK L. BRYSON, GENEVIEVE

FULLER, JOHN B. ALLEN, SR., JANET

ALLEN, JOHN MUNN AND ANN MUNN, 

No. 2:06-cv-00387- MCE-JFM 

ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

APPROVAL OF VOLUNTARY

DISMISSAL OF THIRD-PARTY

DEFENDANT HONEYWELL

INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

Hearing Date: 12/07/2007

Time: 9:00 A.M.

Place: Courtroom 3

Judge: Morrison C. England, Jr.

Pretrial Conference: 3/17/2008

Trial Date: 4/23/2008

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ELGIN BOWERS AND CAROLYN

BOWERS, ASSOCIATED ENGINEERS AND 

 PLANNERS, INC., WARREN NOTEWARE,

JAMES MESSINGER, STEEL BUILDING

SYSTEMS, INC., MYRTLE SALMON,

CHARTER MORTGAGE & INVESTMENTS,

INC., SHELDON THOMPSON, CHARLES C.

BRUNER, ROBERT E. MILLER AND

MEREDITH MILLER, JACK BRUSATORI,

ROBERT EARL OLSON AND MARTHA

WADELL OLSON, SUMMIT

APARTMENTS, WALTER E, HAMILTON,

JEAN HAMILTON, CHARLES O. ALLEN

AND BARBARA E. ALLEN, FRANK

HARDY, CHRISTINA SUNG, THOMAS P.

JONES AND JACQUELINE L. JONES,

ROBERT BUGNI AND MARGOT BUGNI,

LEO MONSON AND MAURINE MONSON,

PHYLLIS STUMPF,

Third Party Defendants

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Third-Party Plaintiffs ALPHEUS KAPLAN and NEHEMIAH DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY (“collectively “Third-Party Plaintiffs”)’s Motion for Court Approval of Voluntary

Dismissal of Third-Party Defendant Honeywell International, Inc. (“Honeywell”) (the “Motion”)

was considered by this Court. After considering the moving papers, any responses thereto, and

the record as a whole, the Court in applying Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(2) and applicable case law

finds that Third-Party Defendant Honeywell will not suffer any legal prejudice from the proposed

voluntary dismissal of Honeywell as a Third-Party Defendant, since Honeywell has entered into a

Mutual Release Agreement with Third-Party Plaintiffs, and that the other parties remaining in this

action will not suffer any legal prejudice from the proposed voluntary dismissal of Honeywell as a

Third-Party Defendant. Further, the Court finds that it is not necessary or appropriate to impose

reimbursement of attorney’s fees and costs as a condition of approving the requested voluntary

dismissal, since Third-Party Defendant Honeywell has agreed in writing in the Mutual Release 

Agreement to waive and release Third-Party Plaintiffs from any claim for reimbursement of

attorney’s fees and costs incurred in defending the claims brought against Honeywell in the ThirdParty Complaint or otherwise in this action. 

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Also, the Court finds that approval of the voluntary dismissal of Third-Party Defendant

Honeywell will promote judicial efficiency and economy by eliminating the need for a trial on the

claims brought against Honeywell as a Third-Party Defendant for contribution of an equitable

share of the response costs incurred by the U.S. EPA in connection with the Site and/or of any

portion of the response costs that Third-Party Plaintiffs have agreed to pay to the U.S. EPA. 

The matter having been briefed, argued, and submitted for decision, and good cause

appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Third-Party Plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of ThirdParty Defendant Honeywell International, Inc. as a Third-Party Defendant with prejudice is

approved, and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Third-Party Defendant Honeywell is hereby

dismissed as a Third-Party Defendant in this action with prejudice.

Dated: November 28, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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