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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ADOBE LUMBER, INC., a California )

corporation, ) NO. CV S-02-186 GEB GGH

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) ORDER

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HAROLD TAECKER, an individual, and )

GERALDINE TAECKER, an individual, )

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Defendants. )

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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM AND )

THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT. )

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Third Party Defendant Joseph Montalvo has filed a request

for entry of partial judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

54(b). Rule 54(b) prescribes that “the court may direct the entry of

a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or

parties only upon an express determination that there is no just

reason for delay . . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b). This requires

considering “judicial administrative interests as well as the equities

involved” because “[n]ot all final judgments on individual claims

should be immediately appealable, even if they are in some sense

separable from the remaining unresolved claims.” Curtiss-Wright Corp.

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v. General Elec. Co., 446 U.S. 1, 8 (1980). “Judgment under Rule

54(b) must be reserved for the unusual case in which the costs and

risks of multiplying the number of proceedings and overcrowding the

appellate docket are outbalanced by the pressing needs of the

litigants for an early and separate judgment as to some claims or

parties.” Morrison-Knudsen Co. v. J.D. Archer, 655 F.2d 962, 965-66

(9th Cir. 1981); see also Continental Airlines, Inc. v. Goodyear Tire

& Rubber Co., 819 F.2d 1519, 1525 (9th Cir. 1987) (“the solution for

Rule 54(b) purposes lies in a more pragmatic approach focusing on

severability and efficient judicial administration”). 

Since Defendant Montalvo has not provided reasons justifying

the entry of partial judgment, his request is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 13, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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