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Parties Involved:
California Air Resources Board
Defendant
California Trucking Association
Plaintiff
Steven S. Cliff
Defendant

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Stip. and Order to Extend Time for Defendants to Respond to Complaint (2:23-cv-2333-TLN-CKD) 

ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 

Attorney General of California 

MYUNG J. PARK, State Bar No. 210866 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

DAVID M. MEEKER, State Bar No. 273814 

JONATHAN A. WIENER, State Bar No. 265006 

M. ELAINE MECKENSTOCK, State Bar No. 268861 

Deputy Attorneys General 

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612-1492 

Telephone: (510) 879-0299 

Fax: (510) 622-2270 

E-mail: Elaine.Meckenstock@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants California Air Resources 

Board and Steven S. Cliff, in his official capacity

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING

ASSOCIATION, A CALIFORNIA 

CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD;

STEVEN S. CLIFF, IN HIS OFFICIAL 

CAPACITY; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 25,

INCLUSIVE, 

Defendants. 

2:23-cv-02333-TLN-CKD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

 

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley 

Trial Date: None set 

Action Filed: October 16, 2023 

 

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Stip. and Order to Extend Time for Defendants to Respond to Complaint (2:23-cv-2333-TLN-CKD) 

Under Local Rule 144, Plaintiff California Trucking Association (Plaintiff or CTA) and 

Defendants California Air Resources Board and Steven S. Cliff, in his official capacity 

(collectively, Defendants), hereby stipulate to extend the time for Defendants to respond to 

Plaintiff’s Complaint, as follows: 

1. Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on October 16, 2023 and served 

Defendants on October 19, 2023. 

2. On October 30, 2023, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ deadline to respond 

to the Complaint by 28 days from November 9, 2023 to December 7, 2023. 

3. On December 1, 2023, this Court signed a stipulation and order extending 

Defendants’ deadline to respond to the Complaint until December 21, 2023. 

4. Meanwhile, on November 17, 2023, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 

submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency a request for a Clean Air Act 

preemption waiver that, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7543(b)(1), would authorize CARB’s 

enforcement of the challenged portions of the Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. 

5. The parties have had productive discussions about actions CARB plans to take, 

pursuant to that regulation, while the waiver request is pending. CARB is memorializing those 

discussions in a letter to Plaintiff and plans to issue a public enforcement advisory as well. 

6. As a consequence of the parties’ discussions, CTA has decided not to file the 

preliminary injunction motion it had planned to file on December 21, 2023. And the parties have 

agreed that extending the time to March 14, 2024, for Defendants to file a motion to dismiss or 

other responsive pleading would facilitate further potentially productive discussions between the 

parties. 

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Stip. and Order to Extend Time for Defendants to Respond to Complaint (2:23-cv-2333-TLN-CKD) 

Dated: December 20, 2023 ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California 

MYUNG J. PARK

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ M. Elaine Meckenstock

M. ELAINE MECKENSTOCK

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants California Air Resources 

Board and Steven S. Cliff, in his official capacity 

Dated: December 20, 2023 HOLLAND AND KNIGHT LLP 

/s/ Marne S. Sussman (as authorized on Dec. 20, 2023) 

Marne S. Sussman 

Attorneys for Plaintiff California Trucking Association 

 

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Stip. and Order to Extend Time for Defendants to Respond to Complaint (2:23-cv-2333-TLN-CKD) 

ORDER 

Based on the foregoing stipulation of the parties, and for good cause shown, the time for 

Defendants California Air Resources Board and Steven S. Cliff, in his official capacity, to file a 

response to Plaintiff’s Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief, ECF No. 1, is 

hereby extended to March 14, 2024. 

Dated: December 20, 2023 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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