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Parties Involved:
California River Watch
Plaintiff
County of Fresno
Defendant

Document Text:

Stipulation and Order 1 Case No. 1:14-cv-01501

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DANIEL C. CEDERBORG

 County Counsel

BRUCE B. JOHNSON

Principal Deputy County Counsel – SBN 142968

FRESNO COUNTY COUNSEL

2220 Tulare Street, Suite 500

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 600-3479

Facsimile: (559) 600-3480

Attorneys for Defendant, COUNTY OF FRESNO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA RIVER WATCH, 

 Plaintiff,

 v.

COUNTY OF FRESNO; DOES

1-10, Inclusive

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01501-MJS

 STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONCERNING PLEADINGS AND 

CONTINUING INITIAL SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE DATE

RECITALS

In plaintiff’s original Complaint, plaintiff alleges that defendant, COUNTY OF FRESNO 

(“the County”), violated provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”), 42 U.S.C. §§

300f, et seq. The County filed its Answer to Complaint (Doc. # 5) on October 21, 2014. After 

the County filed its Answer, the parties filed pleadings consenting to the jurisdiction of U.S. 

Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng. In response, the Court entered a text-only minute order 

reassigning the case to Judge Seng. (Doc. # 9.) Thereafter, the Court entered another text-only 

minute order setting an Initial Scheduling Conference for December 11, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom 6 (Judge Seng’s courtroom). (Doc. # 10.)

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Stipulation and Order 2 Case No. 1:14-cv-01501

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On September 25, 2014, plaintiff also served upon the County a notice of intent to sue 

under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et 

seq. Plaintiff avers that the RCRA notice is founded upon the same basic set of facts as the 

instant lawsuit, which presently contains only an SDWA-based claim for relief. Plaintiff further 

avers that plaintiff is precluded from filing a RCRA-based suit until 90 days after service of the 

RCRA notice. Plaintiff further avers that plaintiff intends to amend the above-referenced lawsuit 

to include a RCRA-based claim for relief, but cannot do so until after the Court’s recentlycalendared Initial Scheduling Conference (again: December 11, 2014).

The parties agree that optimally, the operative pleadings – complaint and answer --

should be settled before a Joint Scheduling Report is required to be filed and an Initial 

Scheduling Conference is to be held. For that reason, the parties stipulate and agree as provided 

below.

STIPULATION

IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED that:

1. Plaintiff may file a First Amended Complaint no later than January 8, 2015.

2. The County may file a pleading responsive to the First Amended Complaint no 

later than twenty-one (21) days after plaintiff files and serves the First Amended Complaint.

3. On or before February 12, 2015, the parties shall file in CM/ECF, and e-mail to 

mjsorders@caed.uscourts.gov, a Joint Scheduling Report, carefully prepared by the parties and 

signed by all counsel.

4. An Initial Scheduling Conference shall be, and is, set for February 19, 2015, at 

11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 6 (MJS), before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng.

Dated: October 30, 2014 DANIEL C. CEDERBORG

County Counsel

By:

S/ Bruce B. Johnson

BRUCE B. JOHNSON

 Principal Deputy, Attorneys for 

Defendant, COUNTY OF FRESNO

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Stipulation and Order 3 Case No. 1:14-cv-01501

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Dated: October 30, 2014 LAW OFFICE OF DAVID J. WEINSOFF

By:

S/ David J. Weinsoff

DAVID J. WEINSOFF, Esq.

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, CALIFORNIA

RIVER WATCH

ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the foregoing recitals and stipulation in Case No. 1:14-cv01501-MJS , and finding good cause exists, hereby ORDERS the stipulation APPROVED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 30, 2014 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

____________________________

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Stipulation and Order 4 Case No. 1:14-cv-01501

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PROOF OF SERVICE

California River Watch v. County of Fresno, et al.

United States District Court 1:14-CV-01501-MJS

I, JOAN CUADROS, declare as follows:

I am a resident of the State of California, over the age of eighteen years, and not a 

party to the within action. I am employed at the Fresno County Counsel’s Office, 2220 Tulare 

Street, Fifth Floor, Fresno, California, 93721. 

On October 30, 2014, I served a copy(ies) of the within documents

STIPULATION AND ORDER CONCERNING PLEADINGS AND CONTINUING INITIAL 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE DATE

on the interested party(ies) in said action addressed as follows: 

Jack Silver, Esq.

Law Office of Jack Silver

Post Office Box 5469

Santa Rosa, CA 95402-5469 Via electronic filing

David J. Weinsoff, Esq.

Law Office of David J. Weinsoff

138 Ridgeway Avenue

Fairfax, CA 94930 Via electronic filing

by placing the document(s) listed above for mailing in the United States mail at 

Fresno, California, in accordance with my employer's ordinary practice for collection 

and processing of mail, and addressed as set forth above.

by personally delivering the document(s) listed above to the person(s) at the 

address(es) set forth above.

X via electronic filing. The above party/ies is/are registered with the United States 

District Court to receive notice of electronically filed documents. Per ECF rules, hard 

copies must be served only on parties who are not set up for electronic notification.

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Stipulation and Order 5 Case No. 1:14-cv-01501

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 30, 2014, at Fresno, California.

S/ Joan Cuadros

JOAN CUADROS

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