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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1319 Clean Water Act

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Case No. 2:06-cv-00651-LKK-GGH 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

R. RAYMOND ROTHMAN (SBN 142437) 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111-4067 

Telephone: 415.393.2000 

Facsimile: 415.393.2286 

E-mail: rick.rothman@bingham.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Stolt Sea Farm California, LLC and 

Marine Harvest U.S. Incorporated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WATERSHED ENFORCERS, a project of 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

STERLING CAVIAR, LLC (fka STOLT 

SEA FARM CALIFORNIA, LLC), and 

MARINE HARVEST U.S. 

INCORPORATED, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:06-cv-00651-LKK-GGH 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER

Pursuant to Local Rule 88-143 and Local Rule 6-144, Plaintiff Watershed 

Enforcers, a project of California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and Defendants 

Sterling Caviar, LLC (formerly known as Stolt Sea Farm California, LLC) and Marine 

Harvest U.S. Incorporated hereby stipulate that Defendants’ obligation to respond to 

Plaintiff’s complaint should be stayed. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a), the parties previously stipulated to an 

initial extension of thirty days for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s complaint. Since 

that time, the parties have been negotiating a consent decree that will finally resolve the 

instant lawsuit. Subsequently, on June 29, 2006 the parties agreed to a further extension 

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of thirty days for Defendants to respond. The court granted the extension on July 6, 

2006. The parties believe the consent decree will be executed by the parties within the 

next several days. After forty-five (45) days for agency review, the parties will submit 

the consent decree to the court for entry as a final judgment. As noted previously, the 

consent decree will make a response from Defendants unnecessary. However, 

Defendants’ response currently is due before the parties expect the consent decree will be 

final and submitted to the Court. Accordingly, the parties request that the Court stay 

Defendants’ obligation to respond to Plaintiff’s complaint. 

Date: July 31, 2006. LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL R. LOZEAU 

By: /s/ 

Michael R. Lozeau 

Attorney for Plaintiff Watershed Enforcers, 

a project of California Sportfishing 

Protection Alliance 

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

By: /s/ 

R. Raymond Rothman 

Attorneys for Defendants Sterling Caviar, 

LLC (fka Stolt Sea Farm California, LLC) 

and Marine Harvest U.S. Incorporated 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: August 7, 2006 

 

 Lawrence K. Karlton 

 United States District Judge 

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