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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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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING AND PROPOSED ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

SARAH E. MORRISON, State Bar No. 143459

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

LAURA ZUCKERMAN (Counsel for service) 

State Bar No. 161896

DENNIS L. BECK, JR., State Bar No. 179492

Deputy Attorneys General

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 622-2174

Fax: (510) 622-2270

E-mail: Laura.Zuckerman@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiffs California 

Department of Toxic Substances Control and Toxic 

Substances Control Account

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC

SUBSTANCES CONTROL and the TOXIC 

SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACCOUNT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JIM DOBBAS, INC., a California 

corporation; CONTINENTAL RAIL, INC., 

a Delaware corporation; DAVID VAN 

OVER, individually; PACIFIC WOOD 

PRESERVING, a dissolved California 

corporation; WEST COAST WOOD 

PRESERVING, LLC., a Nevada limited 

liability company; and COLLINS & 

AIKMAN PRODUCTS, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company,

Defendants.

2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION BY PLAINTIFFS AND 

DEFENDANT JIM DOBBAS, INC.,

REGARDING SETTLEMENT IN 

PRINCIPLE AND CONTINUATION OF 

HEARING ON JIM DOBBAS, INC.’S 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Judge: William B. Shubb

Trial: January 4, 2017

Action Filed: March 3, 2014

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND 

CROSS-CLAIMS

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING AND PROPOSED ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

STIPULATION

WHEREAS Plaintiffs California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Toxic 

Substances Control Account (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a Complaint in the above-captioned 

action on March 3, 2014 (ECF No. 1), and filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on 

December 11, 2014 (ECF No. 77).

WHEREAS Defendant Jim Dobbas, Inc. (“Dobbas”) filed an Answer to the Complaint on 

June 10, 2014 (ECF No. 23), and an Answer to the FAC on December 24, 2014 (ECF No. 85).

WHEREAS Dobbas filed a Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion”) on March 2, 2015

(ECF No. 116) and a hearing on that Motion is set for April 6, 2015.

WHEREAS Plaintiffs and Dobbas (collectively, “the Parties”) have engaged in settlement 

negotiations and reached a settlement in principle. The Parties believe that a continuance of the 

hearing on Dobbas’ Motion is appropriate and necessary in order to allow the Parties time to 

further negotiate and finalize the terms of a settlement. Such continuance will conserve both the 

Parties’ and the Court’s resources in this matter.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties that the hearing on Dobbas’ 

Motion be continued for four (4) weeks, to May 4, 2015, to allow the Parties time to further 

negotiate and finalize a settlement in this matter.

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING AND PROPOSED ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

Dated: March 18, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

SARAH E. MORRISON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Dennis L. Beck, Jr.

DENNIS L. BECK, JR.

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Plaintiffs California 

Department of Toxic Substances Control and 

Toxic Substances Control Account

Dated: March 18, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

KING WILLIAMS & GLEASON, LLP

/s/ Nicole R. Gleason (as authorized on 

March 18, 2015)

NICOLE R. GLEASON

Attorneys for Defendant Jim Dobbas, Inc.

ATTESTATION

I, Dennis L. Beck, Jr., do hereby declare pursuant to Rule 131(e) of the Local Rules of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California that I obtained concurrence in 

the filing of the foregoing document from Nicole R. Gleason, counsel for defendant Jim Dobbas 

Inc., on this 18th day of March, 2015.

/s/ Dennis L. Beck, Jr.

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING AND PROPOSED ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

ORDER

The court cannot continue the hearing on this motion for the length of time 

requested. The motion remains scheduled for hearing at 2:00 p.m. on April 6, 2015. If the parties 

do not wish to submit the motion for decision at that time, they may alternatively agree that the 

motion be withdrawn, without prejudice to being refiled at a later date consistent with the court’s 

Pretrial Scheduling Order.

Dated: March 19, 2015

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