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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

and CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-JFM

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER

STERLING CENTRECORP INC., 

STEPHEN P. ELDER, and

ELDER DEVELOPMENT, INC.,

Defendants.

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This is an action brought by Plaintiffs pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq., seeking, inter alia,

the recovery of response costs related to the release of

hazardous substances from the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site.

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 Although the remaining Defendants, Stephen P. Elder and 1

Elder Development, Inc., have not formally joined in this Motion,

the moving papers indicate that the Elder Defendants have given

their consent to the Motion. Moreover, said Defendants have

filed no opposition to the Motion.

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Presently before the Court is a Joint Motion filed on behalf

of Plaintiffs the United States of America and California

Department of Toxic Substances Control, and Defendant Sterling

Centrecorp, Inc. for a five-month extension of time for 1

completing discovery in this matter, from May 7, 2010 to

October 7, 2010. The parties also request a similar extension of

time with respect to the deadline for disclosure of expert

witnesses and the time within which dispositive motions may be

heard, until December 7, 2010 and February 11, 2011,

respectively.

At the time the existing dates were set by the Court

pursuant to its Pretrial Scheduling Order filed May 18, 2009, a

bench trial date of March 7, 2011 was also established. By

subsequent Minute Order dated January 4, 2010, however, the Court

continued trial until March 5, 2012. Because the trial date has

been continued for nearly a year, the parties request more time

to complete discovery, which they claim is ongoing and includes

the deposition of a foreign witness as well as the exchange of

documents under a proposed confidentiality order.

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 Because oral argument will not be of material assistance, 2

the Court orders this matter submitted on the briefs. E.D. Cal.

Local Rule 78-230(g). 

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Because the proposed extensions do not affect the current

trial and final pretrial conference dates, and given the joint

nature of the parties’ extension request, the Motion for

Extension (Docket No. 67) is hereby GRANTED. The parties are 2

directed to complete all discovery, other than expert discovery,

by October 7, 2010. The disclosure of expert witnesses shall

occur not later than December 7, 2010. All dispositive motions

must be heard by February 11, 2011.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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