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Parties Involved:
Calamco
Defendant
California Ammonia Company
Defendant
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
Plaintiff
United States
Amicus

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MICHAEL R. LOZEAU (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

E-mail: mrlozeau@lozeaulaw.com

ANDREW L. PACKARD (Bar No. 168690)

MICHAEL P. LYNES (Bar No. 230462)

Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard

319 Pleasant Street

Petaluma, CA 94952

Tel: (707) 763-7227

Fax: (707) 763-9227

E-mail: andrew@packardlawoffices.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance

JAMES M. MORRIS (Bar No. 48365)

Parish & Small

3031 West March Lane, Suite 239 West

Stockton, CA 95219-6568

Tel: (209) 477-6430

Fax: (209) 477-3450

E-mail: jmmorrisjd@gmail.com

Attorneys for Defendant California Ammonia Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING Case No. 2:05-CV-00952-WBS-JFM

PROTECTION ALLIANCE,

Plaintiff, STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND

vs. TIME FOR DISCOVERY; ORDER

THEREON

CALIFORNIA AMMONIA COMPANY dba

CALAMCO,

Defendant. 

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1. WHEREAS, upon the stipulated request of the Parties and in order to allow the

parties to focus on a settlement conference held before Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds on 

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April 26, 2007, the Court issued its Order on March 23, 2007 to amend the pretrial schedule set

forth in the Court's August 4, 2005 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, as amended on February

26, 2007;

2. WHEREAS the Court's Order of March 23, 2007 orders sets forth the following

pretrial schedule:

(1) All non-expert discovery as to remedy will be completed by July 30, 2007; 

(2) The parties' initial expert disclosures shall be made by August 31, 2007;

(3) The parties' rebuttals to expert disclosures shall be submitted by October 1,

2007;

(4) Depositions of disclosed experts shall be completed by November 30,

2007.

(5) All discovery is left open, save and except that it shall be conducted as to

be completed by November 30, 2007.

(6) All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining

orders, or other emergency applications, shall be filed on or before January

18, 2008.

(7) The Final Pretrial Conference is set for March 24, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.

(8) The Trial is set for June 24, 2008 in Courtroom No. 5 at 9:00 a.m. 

3. WHEREAS, on April 26, 2007, the parties participated in a settlement conference

with Magistrate Judge Moulds which did not succeed in resolving the litigation;

4. WHEREAS on March 1, 2007, defendant Calamco filed a motion for leave to

seek interlocutory appeal of certain issues; 

5. WHEREAS, after hearing arguments from both Parties on June 11, 2007, the

Court denied Calamco's motion to certify certain issues for appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals on June 19, 2007;

6. WHEREAS the Parties have been diligent in attempting to meet the Court's

August 4, 2005 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, as amended by the Court's order on March 23,

2007;

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7. WHEREAS on January 26, 2007, Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection

Alliance ("CSPA") served on Defendant California Ammonia Company, dba Calamco

("Calamco") CSPA's Second Set of Requests for Documents;

8. WHEREAS, on May 9, 2007, Defendant submitted its initial response to

Plaintiff's Second Set of Requests for Documents.

9. WHEREAS, after the parties conferred further, on June 7, 2007 Defendant served

a supplemental response to Plaintiff's Second Set of Requests for Documents.

10. WHEREAS Plaintiff CSPA issued its final set of non-expert discovery on June

19, 2007, has met and conferred with counsel for Defendant Calamco in an attempt to set a date

for depositions of Calamco during the month of July, has noticed Calamco of said depositions,

and has noticed Calamco for an inspection of the Calamco facility pursuant to F.R.C.P. 34 for the

month of July; 

11. WHEREAS Defendant's counsel is lead counsel in a trial scheduled in San

Joaquin County Superior Court for most of July and is only available to attend Plaintiff's noticed

depositions on a single day - July 23, 2007 - prior to the current deadline of June 30, 2007 for the

parties to complete non-expert discovery;

12. WHEREAS Plaintiff's counsel is in the midst of preparing an opening brief due to

be filed on July 23, 2007, involving the review of a 44,000 page administrative record in a trial

scheduled for the Alameda County Superior Court;

13. WHEREAS the press of business of the parties' counsel will prevent them from

completing the non-expert discovery by the current deadline and is undermining their ability to

meet the existing deadlines for expert disclosures; 

14. WHEREAS the Parties promptly filed this stipulation upon learning that

compliance with the current amended Scheduling Order was not possible;

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15. WHEREAS the Parties seek only 30-day extensions of the discovery deadlines

and not for the deadline for filing of motions, the date of the Final Pretrial Conference, or the

Trial date; 

16. WHEREAS the Parties believe an extension of the discovery deadlines for the

remedy phase of the litigation is necessary in order to complete discovery; and

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:

The parties further request that the Court extend the remaining discovery deadlines by

amending the timelines in its August 4, 2005 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, as amended by

the Court's March 23, 2007 Order, as follows:

(1) All non-expert discovery as to remedy will be completed by August 29, 2007;

(2) The parties' initial expert disclosures shall be made by October 1, 2007;

(3) The parties' rebuttals to expert disclosures shall be submitted by October 31,

2007;

(4) Depositions of disclosed experts shall be completed by November 30, 2007;

(5) All discovery is left open, save and except that it shall be conducted as to be

completed by November 30, 2007. 

(6) All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders, or

other emergency applications, shall be filed on or before January 18, 2008.

(7) The Final Pretrial Conference is set for March 24, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. or as soon

thereafter as is convenient for the Court.

(8) The Trial is set for June 24, 2008 in Courtroom No. 5 at 9:00 a.m. or as soon

thereafter as is convenient to the Court. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: July 9, 2007 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL R. LOZEAU

LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW L. PACKARD

By: /s/ Michael Lynes_________________________

Michael P. Lynes

Attorney for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION

ALLIANCE

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Dated: July 9, 2007 PARISH & SMALL

By: /s/ James M. Morris (as authorized on July 9, 2007)

James M. Morris

Attorney for Defendant

CALIFORNIA AMMONIA COMPANY 

IT IS SO ORDERED:

The timelines set forth in the Court's August 4, 2005 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order,

as amended by the Court's March 23, 2007 Order, are amended as follows:

1. All non-expert discovery as to remedy will be completed by August 29, 2007;

2. The parties' initial expert disclosures shall be made by October 1, 2007; and

3. The parties' rebuttals to expert disclosures shall be submitted by October 31, 2007.

The remainder of the deadlines set in the above orders remain scheduled as follows:

4. Depositions of disclosed experts shall be completed by November 30, 2007.

5. All discovery is left open, save and except that it shall be conducted as to be

completed by November 30, 2007. 

6. All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders, or

other emergency applications, shall be filed on or before January 18, 2008.

7. The Final Pretrial Conference is set for March 24, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.

8. The Trial is set for June 24, 2008 in Courtroom No. 5 at 9:00 a.m.

DATED: July 19, 2007.

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