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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

E. ROBERT WRIGHT (SBN 51861)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

501 “I” Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Of Counsel:

JEFF MOULTON

Regional Attorney

MARNIE G. GANOTIS

Attorney

Office of the General Counsel

United States Department of Agriculture

33 New Montgomery Street

17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 744-3011

Facsimile: (415) 744-3170

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

Friedrich W. Seitz (SBN 51536)

Gina E. Och (SBN 170520)

MURCHISON & CUMMING, LLP

801 South Grand Avenue, 9 Floor th

Los Angeles, California 90017-4613

Telephone: (213) 623-7400

Facsimile: (213) 623-6336

E-Mail: fseitz@murchisonlaw.com

goch@murchisonlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Southern California Edison Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON )

COMPANY, )

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Defendant. )

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Case No. 2:08-cv-02984-MCE-DAD

JOINT REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF

TIME TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL

DOCUMENTS; ORDER THEREON

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Pursuant to this Court’s Order requiring dispositional documents to be filed on or before

January 5, 2009 in accordance with United States Eastern District Local Rules, Rule 160 and this

Court’s Order extending of time to file dispositional documents on or before February 5, 2009,

the parties submit the following request for extension of time :

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Good cause exists for an extension in time to file the dispositional documents because the

parties have agreed upon the terms of the written settlement agreement, which Defendant

Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”) has executed and Plaintiff the United States of

America (“the United States”) will execute upon approval by the Secretary of Agriculture and the

United States Associate Attorney General.

On November 4, 2009, the United States filed a Notice of Settlement Status Letter to

inform this Court of the verbal agreement between the United States and SCE, that the settlement

was contingent upon final approval by the Secretary of Agriculture and the United States

Associate Attorney General, and that the United States would inform this Court as soon as final

authority was obtained. (Doc. No. 13.) 

A recommendation for approval of the Settlement Agreement was submitted to the

United States Associate Attorney General on November 10, 2009 and approval for the settlement

was granted on December 30, 2009. A recommendation for approval has been submitted to the

Secretary of Agriculture with the status checked on a weekly basis. Although it is anticipated

that final approval from the Secretary of Agriculture will be received shortly, it is unlikely that

approval will be granted and payment received prior to the court-ordered deadline to file

dispositional documents. Once the Settlement Agreement is fully executed by all parties, SCE

will have 15 days to make payment. In the mean time the United States has drafted dismissal

documents, which will be reviewed by SCE, executed, and filed upon receipt of payment of the

settlement funds.

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Accordingly, the parties have been diligent in obtaining final authority to conclude

settlement in order to file dispositional documents for this case. The parties respectfully request

a 30-day extension to March 5, 2010 to conclude settlement prior to filing the dispositional

documents. 

FOR THE PLAINTIFF THE UNITED STATES:

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 26, 2010. BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ 

E. ROBERT WRIGHT

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorney for Plaintiff

United States of America

FOR DEFENDANT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY:

Dated: January 26, 2010. MURCHISON & CUMMING, LLP

By: /s/ 

FRIEDRICH W. SEITZ

GINA E. OCH

Attorneys for Defendant

Southern California Edison Company

(original signature retained by counsel)

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE SHOWING the time for filing dispositional documents is extended from

February 5, 2009 to on or before March 5, 2010.

Dated: January 28, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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