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Parties Involved:
7-11 Materials, Inc.
Defendant
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
Plaintiff
Reed Leasing Group LLC
Defendant
United States
Amicus

Document Text:

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 Joint Notice of Settlement; CASE NO. 2:07-cv-01918-LEW-JFM 

 Stipulated Request to Stay Proceeding Pending Agencies’ Review of 

 Settlement Agreement; [Proposed] Order 

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BRIAN GAFFNEY (State Bar No. 168778) 

MATT MCFARLAND (State Bar No. 225537) 

Law Offices of Brian Gaffney 

605 Market Street, Suite 505 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Tel: (415) 442-0711; Fax: (415) 442-0713 

E-mail: Brian@gaffneylegal.com

MICHAEL R. LOZEAU (State Bar No. 142893) 

Law Office of Michael R. Lozeau 

1516 Oak Street, Suite 216 

Alameda, CA 94501 

Tel: (510) 749-9102; Fax: (510) 749-9103 (fax) 

E-mail: mrlozeau@lozeaulaw.com

ANDREW L. PACKARD (State Bar No. 168690) 

MICHAEL P. LYNES (State Bar No. 230462) 

Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard 

319 Pleasant Street 

Petaluma, CA 94952 

Tel: (707) 763-7227; Fax: (415) 763-9227 

E-mail: andrew@packardlawoffices.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION ALLIANCE 

CHRISTOPHER CARR (State Bar No. 184076) 

Morrison & Foerster LLP 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 

Tel: (415) 268-7000; Fax: (415) 268-7522 

E-mail: ccarr@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

711 MATERIALS, INC. and REED LEASING GROUP, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, a non-profit 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

711 MATERIALS, INC., a corporation; 

REED LEASING GROUP LLC.; 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-cv-01918-LEW-JFM 

JOINT NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT; 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO STAY 

PROCEEDING PENDING 

AGENCIES’ REVIEW OF 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; 

ORDER 

 Complaint filed: September 13, 2007 

Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew 

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Pursuant to Local Rules 16-160 and 16-272, Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection 

Alliance and Defendants 7-11 Materials, Inc. and Reed Leasing Group, LLP hereby notify the 

Court that the parties have reached a settlement agreement that will fully resolve this litigation. 

A true and correct copy of the executed settlement agreement is attached as Exhibit A to the 

Declaration of Michael R. Lozeau, filed contemporaneously with this Notice and Stipulated 

Request. Plaintiff has forwarded the settlement agreement to the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency and the United States Department of Justice to begin a 45-day review period 

by those agencies prescribed by Section 505(c)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 

U.S.C. § 1365(c)(3). Lozeau Dec., ¶ 3; Id., Exhibit B. At the completion of the 45-day agency 

review period, the parties will file a stipulated request for dismissal requesting the Court to 

dismiss the action and maintain jurisdiction over this matter to enforce the terms of the 

settlement agreement. Id., ¶ 4 & Exhibit A, ¶ 2. 

The parties further request that, in light of the above, the Court immediately stay all 

proceedings in this action until March 13, 2008, by which date the parties will have filed their 

stipulated request for dismissal. The parties request that all deadlines and dates currently 

scheduled by the Court be vacated. The parties further request, in light of the settlement 

agreement and the 45-day agency review period, that the Court also extend the 20-day period 

from the date of this notice for filing the dispositional document, i.e., in this case, the stipulated 

request for dismissal – to a date approximately 70 days from the date of this notice in order for 

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the federal agencies to exercise their statutorily prescribed 45-day review. See Local Rule 16-

160(b). 

Dated: January 7, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL R. LOZEAU 

 By: _/s/ Michael R. Lozeau ______________

 Michael R. Lozeau 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION 

ALLIANCE 

 

 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

 By: /s/ Christopher Carr (as authorized on 1/4/2008)

 Christopher Carr 

 Attorney for Defendants 

711 MATERIALS, INC. 

REED LEASING GROUP LLC 

 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. All proceedings in this action are 

hereby stayed until March 13, 2008. The dates set forth in the Court’s previous joint status 

report order are vacated. The parties shall file their proposed dispositional document not later 

than March 13, 2008. 

Dated: January 7, 2008 

/s/ Ronald S. W. Lew___________

 Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew 

 United States District Court Judge 

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