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Nature of Suit Code: 891
Nature of Suit: Agricultural Acts
Cause of Action: 07:499 Agricultural Commodities Act

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STIPULATION CASE NO. 2:09-CV-03312 FCD-DAD

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DAVID IVESTER (State Bar No. 076863) 

ANNE ARNOLD (State Bar No. 233412) 

BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL LLP

155 Sansome Street, Seventh Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

(415) 402-2700 

Fax (415) 398-5630 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Robert Koshman 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT KOSHMAN 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

THOMAS VILSACK, U.S. Secretary of 

Agriculture, in his official capacity; UNITED 

STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

AGRICULTURE; DAVID WHITE, Chief of 

U.S.D.A. Natural Resource Conservation 

Service, in his official capacity; U.S.D.A. 

NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION 

SERVICE; JONATHAN COPPESS, U.S.D.A. 

Farm Service Agency Administrator, in his 

official capacity; U.S.D.A. FARM SERVICE 

AGENCY, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:09-cv-03312 FCD DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DISMISSING INDIVIDUAL 

DEFENDANTS VILSACK, WHITE 

AND COPPESS WITH PREJUDICE 

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The parties to this action, through their respective attorneys of record, stipulate and agree 

as follows: 

(1) Defendant THOMAS VILSACK, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, in his official 

capacity, is no longer a party to this action and is dismissed with prejudice. 

(2) Defendant DAVID WHITE, Chief of U.S.D.A. Natural Resource Conservation 

Service, in his official capacity, is no longer a party to this action and is dismissed with prejudice. 

(3) Defendant JONATHAN COPPESS, U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency 

Administrator, in his official capacity, is no longer a party to this action and is dismissed with 

prejudice. 

(4) The three agency defendants (USDA, NRCS and FSA) remain as proper 

defendants. 

(5) The parties hereby file this stipulation in accordance with the Court’s Minute 

Order dated March 10, 2010. 

Dated: March 15, 2010 BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL LLP

By: /s/ David M. Ivester 

DAVID IVESTER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: March 15, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, U.S. ATTORNEY

By: /s/ Lynn Trinka Ernce 

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 16, 2010 

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