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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:6901 Environmental Cleanup Expenses

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Stipulation and Order Extending Time for Designation of Experts and Exchange of Expert Reports, and Hearing Date for

Dispositive Motions (Phase II); Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

Gary J. Smith (State Bar No. 141393)

(gsmith@bdlaw.com)

Andrew C. Mayer (State Bar No. 287061)

(amayer@bdlaw.com)

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, P.C.

456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94104-1251

Telephone: (415) 262-4000

Facsimile: (415) 262-4040

Attorneys for Defendant

Sterling Centrecorp Inc.

Additional Counsel listed on following page.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC 

SUBSTANCES CONTROL,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

STERLING CENTRECORP INC., STEPHEN P. 

ELDER, and ELDER DEVELOPMENT, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:08-cv-02556- MCE-JFM

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING

TIME FOR DESIGNATION OF EXPERTS 

AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERT REPORTS, AND HEARING DATE FOR DISPOSITIVE 

MOTIONS (PHASE II)

Trial Date: July 18, 2016

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

[Complaint Filed: October 27, 2008]

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for Dispositive Motions (Phase II); Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

PATRICIA L. HURST (DC Bar No. 438882)

Senior Counsel

GABRIEL ALLEN (GA Bar No. 740737)

Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

PAUL CIRINO (NY Bar No. 2777464)

Trial Attorney

Environmental Defense Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044

(202) 307-1242 / (202) 514-0097

patricia.hurst@usdoj.gov

gabriel.allen@usdoj.gov

paul.cirino@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney general of California

SUSAN FIERING

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

TIMOTHY E. SULLIVAN (CA Bar No. 197054)

Deputy Attorney General

California Department of Justice

Office of the Attorney General

1515 Clay St., 20th Fl.,

Oakland, CA 94612

Timothy.Sullivan@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

California Department of Toxic Substances Control

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Stipulation and Order Extending Time for Designation of Experts and Exchanged of Expert Reports, and Hearing Date 

for Dispositive Motions (Phase II); Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME FOR EXCHANGE OF EXPERT REPORTS AND 

HEARING DATE FOR DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS

WHEREAS, on July 1, 2015, the Court entered the Amendment to the Phase II Pretrial 

Scheduling Order (ECF No. 238) extending to September 10, 2015, the last day on which all parties 

to the above-captioned action are to serve on all other parties the name, address, and area of 

expertise of each expert that they propose to tender at trial, and exchange expert reports, and; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs United States of America, on behalf of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (“EPA”), and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) 

(collectively “Plaintiffs”) have continued to produce large volumes of documents in response to the 

May 11, 2015 document requests of Defendant Sterling Centrecorp, Inc. (“Sterling”); and

WHEREAS, at the time the Parties sought the extension of expert disclosures to September 

10, the Parties expected that Plaintiffs’ document production would conclude by July 31, 2015; and

WHEREAS, on July 31, 2015, Sterling received over 25,000 pages of documents from 

Plaintiffs; and

WHEREAS, because of a bates-numbering error, DTSC will need to re-produce 36

documents comprising 4,700 pages produced on July 31, which production should occur by August 

18; and 

WHEREAS, in mid-July, in the course of reviewing electronically-stored information, the 

United States discovered that documents generated with EPA’s now-replaced email system could not 

be accessed with its current system and it was necessary for EPA to devise a means of accessing 

those documents; and

WHEREAS, on August 4, 2015, the United States advised that a means had been devised to 

access the EPA documents and 72 additional responsive documents were received by Sterling on 

August 13; and 

WHEREAS, Sterling cannot reasonably review and analyze all of the documents recently 

produced and the documents still to be re-produced in time to allow its experts to incorporate any 

relevant information and still meet the current September 10 deadline for exchange of expert reports; 

and 

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for Dispositive Motions (Phase II); Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

WHEREAS, Sterling expects that it will need until October 2, 2015, a 22-day extension of 

the current deadline, to designate experts and exchange expert reports; and

WHEREAS, postponing the initial disclosure of experts will necessitate extending the 

deadline for designating supplemental experts and extending by approximately two weeks the 

deadline for completing expert discovery; and

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the complexity of issues that may be addressed in 

dispositive motions merits extending the briefing schedule set by the local rules; and

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that a four-week extension of the March 17, 2016, date for 

hearing dispositive motions does not necessitate changing the dates for trial, the final pre-trial 

conference or other related deadlines.

NOW THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Sterling (collectively, “Parties”) hereby jointly stipulate

and respectfully request that Court vacate the current deadlines for the disclosure of experts, the 

disclosure of supplemental experts, the close of expert discovery, and the date for hearing dispositive 

motions and adopt the following dates:

Designation of experts and exchange of expert reports – October 2, 2015;

Designation of supplemental experts – November 13, 2015; 

Close of expert discovery – December 4, 2015;

Last date for hearing dispositive motions – April 14, 2016. 

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Stipulation and Order Extending Time for Designation of Experts and Exchanged of Expert Reports, and Hearing Date 

for Dispositive Motions (Phase II); Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

SO STIPULATED.

For Plaintiff United States of America

DATED: August 14, 2015 /s/ Patricia L. Hurst

PATRICIA L. HURST

GABRIEL ALLEN

Environmental Enforcement Section

PAUL CIRINO

Environmental Defense Section

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044

For Plaintiff Department of Toxic Substances Control

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

SUSAN FIERING

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DATED: August 14, 2015 /s/ Timothy E. Sullivan

TIMOTHY E. SULLIVAN

Deputy Attorney General

1515 Clay St., 20th Floor

P.O. Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612

Counsel for Plaintiffs United States of America and Department of Toxic Substances Control 

have authorized Defendant Sterling Centrecorp to file this Stipulation on behalf of these Parties; 

Defendant Sterling Centrecorp will retain documents evidencing this authorization. 

For Defendant Sterling Centrecorp, Inc.

DATED: August 14, 2015 /s/ Gary J. Smith

GARY J. SMITH

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

456 Montgomery Street , Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94104

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Stipulation and Order Extending Time for Designation of Experts and Exchanged of Expert Reports, and Hearing Date 

for Dispositive Motions (Phase II); Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

ORDER

In view of this Stipulation, the Court finds that good cause exists for issuance of an Order 

extending pretrial deadlines as follows:

Designation of experts and exchange of expert reports – October 2, 2015;

Designation of supplemental experts – November 13, 2015; 

Close of expert discovery – December 4, 2015;

Last date for hearing dispositive motions – April 14, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: August 19, 2015

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