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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:6901 Environmental Cleanup Expenses

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ROGERS JOSEPH O’DONNELL 

ROBERT C. GOODMAN (State Bar No. 111554) 

rgoodman@rjo.com 

AARON P. SILBERMAN (State Bar No. 161021) 

asilberman@rjo.com 

D. KEVIN SHIPP (State Bar No. 245947) 

kshipp@rjo.com 

311 California Street 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: 415.956.2828 

Facsimile: 415.956.6457 

Attorneys for Defendants STEPHEN C. LYON, 

SUZANNE S. LYON, RUSSELL R. TONDA and 

DIANE M. TONDA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

STEPHEN C. LYON, et al., 

 Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS, 

CROSS-CLAIMS AND THIRD PARTY 

CLAIMS. 

Case No. 07-CV-00491 LJO GSA 

JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST 

TO CONTINUE HEARING DATE FOR 

UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR 

PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

[L.R. 78-230(f)] 

Hearing Date: June 24, 2010 

Time: 8:30 a.m. 

Courtroom: 4 

Judge: Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between counsel for Plaintiff United 

States of America (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Stephen C. Lyon, Suzanne S. Lyon, Russell R. 

Tonda, and Diane M. Tonda (the “Lyons and Tondas”) (collectively “the parties”) as follows: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Motion and Motion for Partial Summary 

Judgment against the Lyons and Tondas on November 3, 2009, setting a hearing date of 

December 14, 2009. (Doc. 384). 

WHEREAS, the United States and the Lyons and Tondas thereafter stipulated 

that the hearing date be continued to January 24, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (Doc. 396) and the court 

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so ordered (Doc. 398). 

WHEREAS, the United States and the Lyons and Tondas thereafter stipulated 

that the hearing date be further continued to March 25, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (Doc. 430) and the 

court so ordered (Doc. 439). 

WHEREAS, the Plaintiff and the Lyons and Tondas have participated in 

mediation and have reached an agreement in principle pending approval of United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and United States Department of Justice 

management. 

WHEREAS, the Plaintiff and the Lyons and Tondas believe that they will need 

additional time to document the settlement in the form of a mutually agreeable consent 

decree. 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that in light of the significant progress that has 

been made toward settlement it is appropriate to delay action on Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial 

Summary Judgment to conserve Court resources and prevent the Parties from incurring 

potentially unnecessary litigation expenses. 

WHEREAS, the United States and the Lyons and Tondas have agreed to 

request that the hearing date be continued to June 24, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. 

WHEREAS, the Lyons’ and Tondas’ Opposition brief would be due on 

Thursday, June 3, 2010 and Plaintiff’s Reply brief would be due on Thursday, June 17, 2010. 

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Local Rule 78-230(f), the parties, by and 

through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and request that, the Plaintiff’s Motion for 

Partial Summary Judgment be heard on June 24, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. 

Dated: February 24, 2010 ROGERS JOSEPH O'DONNELL 

By: /s/ Robert C. Goodman 

Robert C. Goodman 

Attorneys for Defendants 

STEPHEN C. LYON, SUZANNE S. 

LYON, RUSSELL R. TONDA and 

DIANE M. TONDA 

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Dated: February 24, 2010 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

By: /s/ Elise Feldman 

Elise Feldman 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The Motion Hearing currently set for March 25, 2010 has been CONTINUED 

to June 24, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. The Lyons’ and Tondas’ Opposition brief is due on or before 

Thursday, June 3, 2010 and Plaintiff’s Reply brief is due on or before Thursday, June 17, 

2010. 

Dated: _March 3, 2010__ /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

 HONORABLE LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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