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Parties Involved:
Port of West Sacramento
Counter Claimant
Ramcon Engineering & Environmental Consulting, Inc.
Defendant
Sierra Northern Railway
Counter Defendant

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STIPULATION FOR COURT TO RETAIN JURISDICTION AND ORDER 

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DAVID A. DIEPENBROCK (SBN 215679) 

W. SCOTT CAMERON (SBN 229828) 

ROBERTO G. CRUZ (SBN 342729) 

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LAW CORPORATION 

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: 916.558.6000 

Facsimile: 916.446.1611 

Email: ddiepenbrock@weintraub.com 

scameron@weintraub.com 

rcruz@weintraub.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

SIERRA NORTHERN RAILWAY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO 

SIERRA NORTHERN RAILWAY, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PORT OF WEST SACRAMENTO and 

RAMCON ENGINEERING & 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC., 

a California corporation, 

Defendants. 

 Case No.: 2:24-CV-01899-DJC-JDP 

STIPULATION FOR COURT TO RETAIN 

JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Daniel J. Calabretta 

SACRAMENTO-YOLO PORT DISTRICT, 

aka PORT OF WEST SACRAMENTO, 

Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

SIERRA NORTHERN RAILWAY, 

Counterdefendant. 

 

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STIPULATION FOR COURT TO RETAIN JURISDICTION AND ORDER 

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STIPULATION 

WHEREAS, on July 10, 2024, Plaintiff Sierra Northern Railway (“SNR”) filed the 

Complaint in the above-entitled action. 

WHEREAS, Defendant Ramcon Engineering & Environmental Consulting, Inc, filed 

an Answer to the Complaint on August 19, 2024. 

WHEREAS, Defendant Port of West Sacramento (“Port”) filed an Answer to the 

Complaint on August 19, 2024. 

WHEREAS, Counterclaimant Sacramento-Yolo Port District, aka Port of West 

Sacramento (“Port”) filed a Counterclaim against Sierra Northern Railway. 

WHEREAS, the Parties hereto have entered into a Settlement Agreement, a true and 

correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and fully incorporated herein by this 

reference, settling the claims alleged in this case. 

WHEREAS, the Settlement Agreement includes a provision, Section 5, in which each 

of the Parties agreed to the court retaining jurisdiction over the Parties under section 664.6 

of the California Code of Civil Procedure and applicable federal law to enforce the terms and 

conditions of the Settlement Agreement, should that be necessary. 

WHEREAS, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that 

a plaintiff may voluntarily dismiss an action without a court order by filing a stipulation of 

dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. 

WHEREAS, federal law allows district courts to expressly retain jurisdiction to enforce 

a settlement agreement, such that breach of the settlement agreement would be a violation 

of the court’s dismissal order, and support the court’s exercise of ancillary jurisdiction. See 

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 381 (1994). 

WHEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate that dismissal of their respective 

pleadings in this action with prejudice is conditioned upon the Court first issuing an order 

retaining jurisdiction over the Parties to enforce the terms and conditions of the Settlement 

Agreement. 

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WHEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to this Court retaining jurisdiction to 

enforce the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement pursuant to California Code 

of Civil Procedure section 664.6 and applicable federal law, and respectfully request that 

the Court enter the accompanying proposed order. 

Dated: December 30, 2024 weintraub tobin chediak coleman grodin 

LAW CORPORATION 

By: /s/ David A. Diepenbrock 

David A. Diepenbrock 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Sierra Northern Railway 

Dated: December 31, 2024 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

A Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Lauren Jones as authorized on 12/31/24 

Jeffrey Mitchell 

Lauren Jones 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PORT OF WEST SACRAMENTO 

Dated: December 31, 2024 DESMOND, NOLAN, LIVAICH & CUNNINGHAM 

By: /s/ Brian Manning as authorized on 12/31/24 

Brian Manning 

Benjamin Tagert 

James Silverthorn 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RAMCON ENGINEERING & 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. 

 

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ORDER 

The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms and conditions of the parties 

Settlement Agreement pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6 and 

applicable federal law. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 6, 2025 /s/ Daniel J. Calabretta 

 THE HONORABLE DANIEL J. CALABRETTA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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