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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 RE DISMISSAL Case No. 5:15-cv-00065-NC

ANDREW L. PACKARD (State Bar No. 168690)

MEGAN E. TRUXILLO (State Bar No. 275746)

Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard

100 Petaluma Blvd. N., Suite 301

Petaluma, CA 94952

Tel: (707) 763-7227

Fax: (707) 763-9227

E-mail: Andrew@packardlawoffices.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING

PROTECTION ALLIANCE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, a non-profit 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TRICAL, INC., DEAN C. STORKAN 

and JOHN IVANCOVICH, 

 Defendants.

 

Case No. 5:15-cv-00065-NC

STIPULATION TO DISMISS 

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS WITH 

PREJUDICE; ORDER GRANTING 

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

[FRCP 41(a)(2)]

Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (“CSPA”) and Defendants in the 

above-captioned action, stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, on or about October 29, 2014, CSPA provided Defendants with Notice 

of Violations and Intent to File Suit (“60-Day Notice Letter”) under Section 505 of the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (“Act” or “Clean Water Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 1365;

WHEREAS, on January 7, 2015, CSPA filed its Complaint against Defendants in this 

Court, and said Complaint incorporated by reference all of the allegations contained in 

CSPA’s 60-Day Notice Letter;

WHEREAS, CSPA and Defendants, through their authorized representatives and 

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without either adjudication of CSPA’s claims or admission by Defendants of any alleged 

violation or other wrongdoing, have chosen to resolve in full by way of settlement the 

allegations of CSPA as set forth in CSPA’s 60-Day Notice Letter and Complaint, thereby 

avoiding the costs and uncertainties of further litigation. A copy of the Parties’ proposed 

consent agreement (“Consent Agreement”) entered into by and between CSPA and 

Defendants is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference;

WHEREAS, CSPA has submitted the Consent Agreement via certified mail, return 

receipt requested, to the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice (“the agencies”) and 

the 45-day review period set forth at 40 C.F.R. § 135.5 has now expired;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed to by and between 

the Parties that CSPA’s claims, as set forth in its 60-Day Notice Letter and Complaint, be 

dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). The Parties 

respectfully request an order from this Court dismissing such claims with prejudice. In 

accordance with Paragraph 17 of the Consent Agreement, the Parties also request that this 

Court retain and have jurisdiction over the Parties through September 30, 2017 for the sole 

purpose of resolving any disputes between the Parties with respect to enforcement of any 

provision of the Consent Agreement. 

Dated: December 14, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW L. PACKARD

By: /s/ Andrew L. Packard______________

Andrew L. Packard

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: December 14, 2015 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH, LLP

By: /s/ Timothy J. Swickard 

Timothy J. Swickard

Attorneys for Defendants

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STIPULATION RE DISMISSAL Case No. 5:15-cv-00065-NC

ORDER

Good cause appearing, and the Parties having stipulated and agreed, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection 

Alliance’s claims against Defendants Trical, Inc., Dean C. Storkan and John Ivancovich, as 

set forth in CSPA’s 60-Day Notice Letter and Complaint, are hereby dismissed with 

prejudice, each side to bear their own attorney fees and costs, except as provided for by the 

terms of the accompanying Consent Agreement.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court shall retain and have jurisdiction over the 

Parties with respect to disputes arising under the Consent Agreement attached to the Parties’ 

Stipulation to Dismiss as Exhibit A until September 30, 2017. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 14, 2015 _______________________________________

 Hon. Magistrate Nathanael M. Cousins UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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