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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

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC 

SUBSTANCES CONTROL,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRIGHTON OIL CO., et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CIV-S-02-0018 GEB JFM

ORDER REGARDING ADDITIONAL

ASSESSMENT UNDER ORDER OF

SETTLEMENT PROCESS – FINAL,

ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2003, AND

SECTION 3(C) OF THE BRIGHTON OIL

JOINT INVESTIGATION FUNDING

AGREEMENT

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS AND

CROSS-CLAIMS

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On September 9, 2005, the Oversight Committee sent a request to the parties

under section 3(c) of the Brighton Oil Joint Investigation Funding Agreement (“Funding

Agreement”) requesting an additional assessment based on the estimate provided by the

Clayton Group in the amount of $418, 692, for further work to be conducted on behalf of

the Brighton Oil Joint Investigation Group. Under the terms of the Funding Agreement,

the Court is allowed to approve additional funding up to $500,000 and to compel the

funding parties to contribute their per capita share of that amount. The Court has

approved additional funding in the amount of $201,111.15, pursuant to the parties’

original commitment to pay $500,000. 

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Prior to the hearing scheduled for September 23, 2005, two-thirds of the funding

parties approved the additional assessment of $10,121.00 per party.

The Court now orders that the funding parties pay the additional assessment of

$10,121 within 30 days of the date of this Order, except that the three pro per parties

(Sharon Stone, Ravind Shankar, and Charles Kester) shall pay the additional assessment

within 60 days of this Order. Such payment shall be by check, made payable to

“Brighton Oil Joint Investigation Fund” and forwarded to the following address for

deposit into the fund:

Lori J. Gualco

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 210

Sacramento, CA 95814

The Clerk is ordered to serve this order on defendants Charles Kester, Sharon

Stone, and Ravind Shankar by mail at the following addresses:

Ravind Shankar

4080 73rd Street

Sacramento, CA 95820

Sharon L. Stone

P.O. Box 513

Vallejo, CA 94590

Charles Kester

3539 Edison Avenue, #6

Sacramento, CA 95821

DATED: 9/27/05

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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