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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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Stipulation and Order to Extend Time to Respond to Complaint (15-cv-01283) 

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BRUCE D. GOLDSTEIN, #135970 

County Counsel 

DAVID R. MCFADDEN, #120878 

Deputy County Counsel 

575 Administration Drive, Room 105-A 

Santa Rosa, California 95403 

Telephone: (707) 565-2421 

Fax: (707) 565-2624 

Email: dmcfadde@sonoma-county.org 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District 

and Sonoma County Water Agency 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA RIVER WATCH, an IRC

Section 501(c)(3) non-profit, public benefit 

corporation,

 Plaintiff, 

v.

SONOMA VALLEY COUNTY 

SANITATION DISTRICT and SONOMA 

COUNTY WATER AGENCY,

 Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 15-cv-01283

Hon. William H. Orrick

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT

 Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(a) and 6-2, all parties hereby stipulate and request that 

the Court enter an order extending Defendants’ time to file an answer or other responsive 

pleading by approximately 60 days. 

RECITALS 

 Good cause exists for the request, as follows: 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff served its Complaint on the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation 

District on July 13, 2015; 

 WHEREAS, Defendants currently have until August 4, 2015 to answer or respond to the 

Complaint; 

 

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WHEREAS, the parties have been meeting regularly to negotiate a settlement; 

WHEREAS, the parties are very close to negotiating final terms of a settlement; 

WHEREAS, once a settlement is reached, a 45 day review period for the Department of 

Justice is required before the settlement can be finalized;1

WHEREAS, Defendants have requested and Plaintiff has consented to an additional 60 

days to answer or respond to the Complaint; 

 WHEREAS, the dates currently set by Court order include the deadline for the Case 

Management Statement (August 11, 2015); the deadline for the Rule 26 Meeting Report (August 

11, 2015); and the Initial Case Management Conference (August 18, 2015); and 

 WHEREAS, a 60-day extension would change these dates currently set by Court order to 

the following approximate dates: Case Management Statement deadline to approximately 

October 12, 2015; Rule 26 Meeting Report deadline to approximately October 12, 2015; and 

Initial Case Management Conference to approximately October 19, 2015. 

STIPULATION 

 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, 

through their respective counsel, that Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s 

Complaint by October 5, 2015. 

Dated: July 21, 2015 SONOMA COUNTY COUNSEL’S OFFICE

 By:________/s/_______________________ 

 DAVID R. MCFADDEN 

 Deputy County Counsel 

 Sonoma County Counsel’s Office

Attorneys for Defendants Sonoma Valley 

County Sanitation District and Sonoma 

County Water Agency 

 

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 Title 33 of the United States Code Section 1365(c)(3) provides, “No consent judgment shall be entered in an action 

in which the United States is not a party prior to 45 days following the receipt of a copy of the proposed consent 

judgment by the Attorney General and the Administrator.”

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Dated: July 21, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF JACK SILVER

 Attorneys for Plaintiff California River Watch 

 By:_________/s/_____________________ 

 Jerry Bernhaut , Esq. 

 ORDER 

 Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation to extend time for Defendants to answer or 

otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s complaint and good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED 

that Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint is extended to October 5, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:___________________________ _______________________________________ 

 HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ORRICK 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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