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Parties Involved:
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Counter Defendant
Stephen P. Elder
Counter Claimant
Elder Development, Inc.
Counter Claimant
Sterling Centrecorp Inc.
Defendant
United States of America
Counter Defendant

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Stipulation and Order Extending Time for Designation of Experts and Exchange of Expert Reports;

Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

Gary J. Smith (State Bar No. 141393)

(gsmith@bdlaw.com)

Andrew C. Mayer (State Bar No. 287061)

(amayer@bdlaw.com)

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, P.C.

456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94104-1251

Telephone: (415) 262-4000

Facsimile: (415) 262-4040

Attorneys for Defendant

Sterling Centrecorp Inc.

Additional Counsel listed on following page.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC 

SUBSTANCES CONTROL,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

STERLING CENTRECORP INC., STEPHEN P. 

ELDER, and ELDER DEVELOPMENT, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING

TIME FOR DESIGNATION OF EXPERTS 

AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERT REPORTS

(PHASE II)

Trial Date: July 18, 2016

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

[Complaint Filed: October 27, 2008]

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Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

PATRICIA L. HURST (DC Bar No. 438882)

Senior Counsel

GABRIEL ALLEN (GA Bar No. 740737)

Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

PAUL CIRINO (NY Bar No. 2777464)

Trial Attorney

Environmental Defense Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044

(202) 307-1242 / (202) 514-0097

patricia.hurst@usdoj.gov

gabriel.allen@usdoj.gov

paul.cirino@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney general of California

SUSAN FIERING

Supervising Deputy Attorney general

KIRK McIINNIS (CA Bar No. 130952

Deputy Attorney General

California Department of Justice

Office of the Attorney General

1515 Clay St., 20th Fl.,

Oakland, CA 94612

Kirk.mcinnis@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

California Department of Toxic Substances Control

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STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME FOR EXCHANGE OF EXPERT REPORTS

WHEREAS, the Court’s Phase II Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 229) set the last day on 

which all parties to the above-captioned action are to serve on all other parties the name, address, 

and area of expertise of each expert that they propose to tender at trial, and exchange expert reports,

as August 11, 2015, and; 

WHEREAS, as part of its initial disclosures made pursuant to Federal Rule of Procedure 

26(a) and the Court’s Phase II Pretrial Scheduling Order, Plaintiffs United States of America, on 

behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Toxic Substances 

Control (collectively “Plaintiffs”) submitted a large volume of documents to Defendant Sterling 

Centrecorp, Inc. (“Sterling”) via several disks, the last of which was received by Sterling on March 

10, 2015, and;

WHEREAS, on May 11, 2015, after undertaking a partial review of the documents submitted 

by Plaintiffs as part of their initial disclosures (which review is ongoing), Sterling propounded 

several discovery requests on Plaintiffs, and;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Sterling met and conferred with regard to Sterling’s discovery 

requests, and have agreed that Plaintiffs will produce documents responsive to Sterling’s requests on 

a rolling basis, which production is unlikely to be concluded before late July 2015, and;

WHEREAS, Sterling anticipates that its expert witness will require additional time to review 

the documents produced by Plaintiffs in response to Sterling’s discovery requests, and;

WHEREAS, a thirty-day extension of time for designation of experts and exchange of expert 

reports will not require additional time for expert discovery; should this Stipulation be granted, the 

November 18, 2015 cutoff for expert discovery set by the Court’s Phase II Pretrial Scheduling Order 

shall continue to govern; and

WHEREAS, a thirty-day extension of time for designation of experts and exchange of expert 

reports will carry this deadline past the existing deadline for fact discovery, obviating the need for 

experts to supplement reports if new facts are disclosed or discovered after the existing deadline for 

expert disclosure and exchange of expert reports.

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NOW THEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Sterling (collectively, “Parties”) hereby jointly stipulate

and respectfully request that the last day the Parties may serve on all other Parties the name, address, 

and area of expertise of each expert they propose to tender at trial, and produce a written report 

prepared and signed by each expert witness, be moved back thirty days, to September 10, 2015.

SO STIPULATED.

For Plaintiff United States of America

6/29/2015 /s/ Patricia L. Hurst

DATED PATRICIA L. HURST

GABRIEL ALLEN

Environmental Enforcement Section

PAUL CIRINO

Environmental Defense Section

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

301 Howard Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 744-6470

Facsimile: (415) 744-6476

For Plaintiff Department of Toxic Substances Control

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of California

KEN ALEX

Senior Assistant Attorney General

6/29/2015 /s/ Kirk McInnis

DATED KIRK MCINNIS

Deputy Attorney General

1515 Clay St., 20th Floor

P.O. Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612

Counsel for Plaintiffs United States of America and Department of Toxic Substances Control 

have authorized Defendant Sterling Centrecorp to file this Stipulation on behalf of these Parties; 

Defendant Sterling Centrecorp will retain documents evidencing this authorization. 

For Defendant Sterling Centrecorp, Inc.

6/29/2015 /s/ Gary J. Smith

DATED GARY J. SMITH

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

456 Montgomery Street , Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94104

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Case No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

ORDER

In light of the Parties signed stipulation (ECF No. 237), the Court finds that good cause exists 

for issuance of an Order extending the time for the Parties to serve on all other parties the name, 

address, and area of expertise of each expert they propose to tender at trial, and produce a written 

report prepared and signed by each expert witness, to September 10, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 1, 2015

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