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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7413(b) Clean Air Act

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MATTHEW B. HIPPLER (Cal. Bar No. 212036) 

HOLLAND & HART LLP 

5441 Kietzke Lane, Second Floor 

Reno, NV 89511

Tel: (775) 327-3000

Fax: (775) 786-6179

mbhippler@hollandhart.com

STEVEN G. JONES (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

EMILY C. SCHILLING (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

HOLLAND & HART LLP 

222 So. Main Street, Suite 2200 

Salt Lake City, UT 84101 

Tel: (801) 799-5800 

Fax: (801) 799-5700 

sgjones@hollandhart.com 

ecschilling@hollandhart.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MONITOR, a 

California nonprofit corporation; 

LABORERS’ INTERNATIONAL 

UNION OF NORTH AMERICA LOCAL 

UNION NO. 783, an organized labor 

union; RANDAL SIPES, JR., an 

individual; RUSSEL COVINGTON, an 

individual; 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MAMMOTH PACIFIC, L.P., a California 

Limited Partnership; ORMAT NEVADA, 

INC., a Delaware Corporation; ORMAT 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a Delaware 

Corporation; and DOES I-X, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-01612-MCE-KJN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING DISCOVERY OF 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM 

DEFENDANTS 

Honorable Kendall J. Newman

HOLLAND 

&

HART LLP

222 SO. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2200 

SALT 

LAKE 

CITY, UTAH 84101 

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HOLLAND 

&

HART LLP

222 SO. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2200 

SALT 

LAKE 

CITY, UTAH 84101 

 RECITALS 

1. On May 22, 2015, Plaintiffs propounded their First Set of Requests for Production of 

Documents on Defendants (“Plaintiffs’ First RFPs”). Plaintiffs’ RFP Nos. 37-60 sought financial 

information from each of the Defendants, including cash flow statements, income statements and 

balance sheets, audited and unaudited financial statements, loan applications, prospectuses, capital 

budgets and tax returns. 

2. On June 24, 2015, Defendants served their Objections and Responses to Plaintiffs’ First 

RFPs. Defendants objected to each request seeking financial information on the grounds that those 

requests were not reasonably calculated to the discovery of admissible evidence and unduly 

burdensome and that they sought documents that were not relevant to the claims or defenses at issue in 

this action. 

3. After negotiation, the parties reached a compromise regarding the discovery of 

Defendants’ financial information which is reflected in the Stipulation below: 

STIPULATION 

The Parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, stipulate as follows: 

1. Defendants agreed to assemble, Bates-number and produce all publicly-available 

financial information reflected in 10-Qs and 10-Ks submitted by Defendants to the United States 

Securities and Exchange Commission, and to do so on or before March 18, 2016; 

2. In the event the Court grants a dispositive motion brought by Plaintiffs and enters a 

finding of liability against any or all Defendants under either the federal Clean Air Act or Great Basin 

Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 209 (“Rule 209”), Defendants agree to disclose the 

information sought under Plaintiffs’ RFP Nos. 37-60 within thirty (30) days from the date of the 

Court’s Order; 

3. In order to prevent a delay in the Court’s ruling on Plaintiffs’ dispositive motion 

regarding Defendants’ liability under either the federal Clean Air Act or Rule 209 from prejudicing 

Plaintiffs, if the Court has not entered an order on Plaintiffs’ dispositive motion by November 

30, 2016, Defendants agree to produce documents responsive to Plaintiffs’ RFP Nos. 37-60 by that 

date. 

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HOLLAND 

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HART LLP

222 SO. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2200 

SALT 

LAKE 

CITY, UTAH 84101 

 4. In the event the Court enters a finding of liability against any or all Defendants under 

either the federal Clean Air Act or Rule 209, the parties stipulate that, notwithstanding any deadlines 

for the completion of expert discovery agreed to between the parties or established in the Case 

Schedule, Plaintiffs will have a period of thirty (30) days from the date of Defendants’ production of 

any information in response to Plaintiffs’ RFP Nos. 37-60 to designate an expert and produce an 

expert report with respect to that information and any penalties that may be imposed based on the 

Court’s finding of liability. The parties also stipulate that Defendants may take the deposition of 

Plaintiffs’ financial expert within fourteen (14) days from the date of the production of that expert’s 

report. 

So Stipulated this 3rd day of May, 2016: 

HOLLAND & HART LLP 

s/ Steven G. Jones 

MATTHEW HIPPLER 

STEVEN G. JONES (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

EMILY C. SCHILLING (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

Attorneys for Defendants 

LOZEAU | DRURY 

s/ Douglas Chermak 

RICHARD DRURY 

DOUGLAS CHERMAK 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 

 

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HOLLAND 

&

HART LLP

222 SO. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2200 

SALT 

LAKE 

CITY, UTAH 84101 

ORDER 

The court APPROVES the parties’ stipulation regarding the discovery of financial information 

from defendants, as outlined above. However, the parties are advised that, to the extent that the parties 

agreed to produce documents or conduct other discovery beyond the deadlines outlined in the 

operative pretrial scheduling order, such an agreement will not be enforced by the court through 

formal motion practice after the applicable discovery deadline(s) have passed. As such, the parties are 

strongly encouraged to seek modification of the deadlines in the pretrial scheduling order from Judge 

England to formally facilitate such discovery efforts. Such modification may be sought by virtue of an 

appropriate stipulation and proposed order, setting forth good cause for modification of the scheduling 

order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 9, 2016 

 

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HOLLAND 

&

HART LLP

222 SO. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2200 

SALT 

LAKE 

CITY, UTAH 84101 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on May 3, 2016, I electronically filed the foregoing Stipulation and 

Order on Regarding Discovery of Financial Information from Defendants via CM/ECF, in compliance 

with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and LR-133(a). Service on all registered participants will be 

accomplished by CM/ECF on the following: 

Richard T. Drury 

Douglas Chermak 

Lozeau Drury LLP 

410 12th Street, Suite 250 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Richard@lozeaudrury.com

Doug@lozeaudrury.com

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

/s/ Barbara Thurgood 

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