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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7604 Clear Air Act (Emission Standards)

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STOEL RIVES LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SACRAMENTO

DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO 

SEAL EXPERT REPORTS/EXHIBITS; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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DAVID R. ALBERS (SB #201423) 

DAVID R. ALBERS, INC. 

200 New Stine Road, Suite 220 

Bakersfield, CA 93309 

Telephone: (661) 617-6240 

Facsimile: (661) 617-6238 

DAVID DOUGLAS DOYLE (SB#100595) 

DOYLE, FIKE & WATSON 

1233 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 106 

Fresno, CA 93711 

Telephone: (559) 229-2200 

Facsimile: (559) 225-5504 

LEE N. SMITH (SB #138071) 

lnsmith@stoel.com

STOEL RIVES LLP 

770 L Street, Suite 800 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 447-0700 

Facsimile: (916) 447-4781 

Attorneys for Defendants FRED SCHAKEL 

DAIRY; FRED SCHAKEL; SCHAKEL FAMILY 

PARTNERSHIP; AG RESOURCES III; and 

SOUTH LAKES DAIRY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

ASSOCIATION OF IRRITATED 

RESIDENTS, an unincorporated association, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FRED SCHAKEL DAIRY, a California 

Proprietorship; FRED SCHAKEL, owner and 

operator; SCHAKEL FAMILY 

PARTNERSHIP, a California Limited 

Partnership, owner and operator; AG 

RESOURCES III, a California Limited 

Liability Company, owner; and SOUTH 

LAKES DAIRY, a California general 

partnership, owner and operator, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:05-CV-00707-OWW-SMS 

DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE

APPLICATION TO SEAL EXPERT 

REPORTS AND EXHIBITS 

 ORDER 

Complaint filed: 06/01/05 

Discovery Cut-off: 01/31/08 

Trial Date: 05/28/08 

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STOEL RIVES LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SACRAMENTO

DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO 

SEAL EXPERT REPORTS/EXHIBITS; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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I. Introduction

Counsel for Defendants Fred Schakel Dairy; Fred Schakel; Schakel Family Partnership; 

Ag Resources III; and South Lakes Dairy (“Defendants” or “Schakel”) submit this Ex Parte 

Application to seal Expert Reports and Exhibits filed herewith. This application is based on the 

Application, the Points and Authorities contained herein, relevant documents in the Court’s file, 

and the attached Declaration of Lee N. Smith. This Application is filed ex parte because 

Defendants were required to file their Expert Reports today, pursuant to the Court’s original 

Scheduling Order, and did not wish to delay filing due to this procedure. Further, the volume of 

the exhibits filed by Defendants was several thousand pages long, and Defendants do not want to 

burden the Court with hard copies of those exhibits. 

II. Points and Authorities

The Court has broad authority to schedule is own cases in the most efficient manner 

available. (See FRCP 16 and 83; L-R 16-240, and L-R 39-141 (concerning sealed documents).) 

Defendants have filed the following expert reports and exhibits thereto: 

1. Expert Report of Robert Fuhrman concerning economic issues; 

2. Expert Report of Michael Edwards concerning tax issues; 

3. Expert Report of Charles Schmidt concerning analytical issues; 

4. Expert Report of Tom Card concerning analytical issues; and 

5. Expert Report of John Schaap concerning analytical issues. 

At several junctures during this matter, the Court and Magistrate Judge Snyder have 

ordered1that confidential financial information and certain analytical information not be used for 

purposes outside of this litigation, which is the basis for this Application. 

 

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 These Orders are: Stipulation and Protective Order re Documents Produced Pursuant to 

Plaintiff’s Request for Production No. 26 and 27 dated 5/22/06; Stipulation and Protective Order 

re Documents Produced Pursuant to Plaintiff’s Request for Production No. 35, 40, 43, 44 and 46 

and Interrogatory Nos. 5-7 dated 11/13/06; and Stipulation and Protective Order re Inspection of 

Property dated 2/27/07. 

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SACRAMENTO

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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III. Conclusion

Based on the foregoing, Defendants request that the Court confidentially seal all Expert 

Reports and Exhibits thereto electronically filed by Defendants on December 16-17, 2007 by 

moving them to a non-public server or by not making them available on the public case docket. 

DATED: December 17, 2007. 

STOEL RIVES LLP 

By:/S/ _______________________

LEE N. SMITH 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: December 19, 2007 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 _______________________________ 

Judge of the United States District Court 

 

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