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Parties Involved:
Berkeley Marine Center, Inc.
Defendant
City of Berkeley
Defendant
San Francisco Baykeeper
Plaintiff

Document Text:

SECOND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CMC -- Civil No. 4:15-cv-03044-MEJ

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George Torgun (Bar No. 222085)

Nicole C. Sasaki (Bar No. 298736)

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER

1736 Franklin Street, Suite 800

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 735-9700

Facsimile: (510) 735-9160

Email: george@baykeeper.org

Email: nicole@baykeeper.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER, a non-profit 

corporation,

 

 Plaintiff,

v.

BERKELEY MARINE CENTER, INC. and 

CITY OF BERKELEY

 Defendants. 

Civil No. 4:15-cv-03044-MEJ

SECOND REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

ASSOCIATED DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

 (Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33

 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.)

 Honorable Maria-Elena James

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WHEREAS, on June 30, 2015, Plaintiff San Francisco Baykeeper (“Plaintiff”) filed the aboveentitled action;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s deadline to serve the complaint on Defendants Berkeley Marine 

Center, Inc. and City of Berkeley (collectively, “Defendants”) is October 28, 2015, pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 4(m);

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has received and filed with the Court the City of Berkeley’s Executed 

Waiver of the Service of Summons, and is awaiting receipt of Berkeley Marine Center, Inc.’s 

Executed Waiver of the Service of Summons;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendants (collectively, the “Parties”) have been working together 

in good faith to reach a settlement agreement in this action;

WHEREAS, pursuant to a request by Plaintiff (Dkt. 4), the Court continued the Initial Case 

Management Conference to November 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., and continued other deadlines in the 

case (Dkt. 5);

WHEREAS, the Court’s Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR 

Deadlines (“Scheduling Order”) states that if the Initial Case Management Conference is continued, 

the other deadlines are continued accordingly;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to continue informal negotiations in good faith, and anticipate 

reaching a final settlement in this action within the next eight (8) weeks;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff requests, upon the Court’s approval, to reschedule the Case Management

Conference for December 17, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., or at such later date that is convenient for the Court, 

in order to give the Parties a chance to complete settlement negotiations without involving the 

resources of the Court;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff requests, upon the Court’s approval, to reschedule the deadline to file the 

Parties’ ADR certifications and stipulations to ADR process or notices of need for an ADR phone 

conference no later than three weeks before the Case Management Conference;

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff requests, upon the Court’s approval, to reschedule the deadline to file the 

Parties’ Rule 26(f) Report and Joint Case Management Statement no later than one week before the 

Case Management Conference;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff requests, upon the Court’s approval, to reschedule the deadline to file the 

Parties’ initial disclosures or objections in their Rule 26(f) Report no later than one week before the 

Case Management Conference;

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests the Court to approve and enter the Proposed 

Order below.

DATE: October 20, 2015 Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Nicole C. Sasaki

Nicole C. Sasaki

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING,

1. The Case Management Conference shall be continued to ________________________ 

at 10:00 a.m. 

2. The Parties’ ADR certifications and stipulations to ADR process or notices of need for 

an ADR phone conference shall be filed no later than three weeks before the Case 

Management Conference.

3. The Parties’ Rule 26(f) Report and Joint Case Management Statement shall be filed no 

later than one week before the Case Management Conference.

4. The Parties’ initial disclosures or objections in their Rule 26(f) Report shall be filed no 

later than one week before the Case Management Conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: ____________________ NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

_____________________________________

Honorable Maria-Elena James

United States District Court

December 17, 2015 October 21, 2015

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