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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CITY OF MERCED, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

R.A. FIELDS, et al., 

 Defendants. 

________________________________________

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS. 

NO. CV-F 92-5627 LJO DLB 

JOINT RETURN ON PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION 

 

 

 

 

COMES NOW Plaintiffs, CITY OF MERCED AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 

OF THE CITY OF MERCED (“Redevelopment Agency”) and Defendants, CERTAIN NAMED 

GREGORY G. DIAZ, City Attorney #156318

JEANNE E. SCHECHTER, Chief Deputy City Attorney #149457 

KENNETH D. ROZELL, Deputy City Attorney #155599 

CITY OF MERCED 

678 W. 18th Street 

Merced, CA 95340 

Telephone: (209) 385-6868 

Fax: (209) 723-1780 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, City of Merced 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

Attorney General of the State of California 

DEBORAH A. WORDHAM 

Deputy Attorney General 

State Bar No. 180508 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 323-3549 

Fax: (916) 327-2319 

Attorneys for Defendants, California Regional 

Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region 

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OFFICIALS OF THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD (“Water Board”), 

and return the attached Preliminary Injunction issued on April 26, 2001 to this Court and certify as 

follows: 

 1. The City of Merced and the Redevelopment Agency obtained from the District 

Court a Preliminary Injunction enjoining specified individuals associated with the Water Board 

from taking any enforcement action against the City, Redevelopment Agency or the drycleaner 

defendants inconsistent with this Court’s jurisdiction and orders settling this action filed under 

CERCLA. 

2. The Water Board filed a Motion for Reconsideration of this Court’s order granting 

the Preliminary Injunction, which was denied. The Water Board then filed an appeal of the denial 

of its Motion for Reconsideration, City of Merced v. California Regional Water Quality Control 

Board, No. 02-15651 (9th Cir. filed September 15, 2002). 

3. The City of Merced, the Redevelopment Agency and the Water Board have 

participated in mediation over the past five (5) years as a result of the Water Board’s appeal of this 

Court’s denial of its Motion for Reconsideration of the Preliminary Injunction and have reached a 

settlement in that matter. As a result of the settlement, the parties respectfully request that the 

Preliminary Injunction issued by this Court on April 26, 2001, be hereby dissolved. 

DATED: _______________, 2008. Respectfully submitted, 

 

GREGORY G. DIAZ, City Attorney 

 JEANNE SCHECHTER, Chief Deputy City Attorney 

 By_____________________________________ 

 JEANNE SCHECHTER 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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DATED: _______________, 2008 EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

 Attorney General 

 DEBORAH A. WORDHAM 

Deputy Attorney General 

 By_____________________________________ 

 DEBORAH A. WORDHAM 

 Attorney for Defendants 

ORDER

 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is ORDERED that the Preliminary Injunction issued on 

April 26, 2001 is hereby dissolved. 

DATED: September 30, 2008 

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE 

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