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Parties Involved:
Azuma Corporation
Defendant
Phillip Del Rosa
Defendant
Wendy Del Rosa
Defendant
Darren Rose
Defendant
State of California
Plaintiff

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Stipulation of the Parties to Extend Briefing Schedule and Continue Hearing Date for Plaintiff’s Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction; Order (2:23-cv-00743-KJM-DB)

John M. Peebles, Cal. Bar No. 237582 

Conly J. Schulte, pro hac vice application to be filed 

Tim Hennessy, Cal. Bar No. 233595 

Gregory M. Narvaez, Cal. Bar No. 278367 

PEEBLES KIDDER BERGIN & ROBINSON LLP 

2020 L Street, Suite 250 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

Telephone: (916) 441-2700 

Fax: (916) 441-2067 

Email: jpeebles@ndnlaw.com; 

cschulte@ndnlaw.com; thennessy@ndnlaw.com; 

gnarvaez@ndnlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

AZUMA CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

2:23-cv-00743-KJM-DB 

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES TO 

EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND 

CONTINUE HEARING DATE FOR 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION; ORDER 

(L.R. 143, 230(f)) 

Action filed: April 19, 2023 

Trial date: none 

Current hearing date: July 21, 2023 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 3, 15th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller

The parties, through their undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Plaintiff State of California ex rel. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney 

General of the State of California (“State”) filed a motion for preliminary injunction, ECF No. 13, 

on June 16, 2023 (“PI Motion”). 

2. The current deadlines for the PI Motion are as follows: opposition due June 30; 

reply due July 10; and hearing on July 21. 

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3. Defendants Azuma Corporation, a corporation wholly owned by and incorporated 

under the laws of the Alturas Indian Rancheria; Phillip Del Rosa, in his personal capacity and 

official capacity as Chairman of the Alturas Indian Rancheria; Darren Rose, in his personal 

capacity and official capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Alturas Indian Rancheria; and Wendy Del 

Rosa, in her official capacity as Secretary-Treasurer of the Alturas Indian Rancheria (collectively, 

“Defendants”) moved on June 17, 2023 for administrative relief (ECF No. 14), to link the briefing 

and hearing schedules for the PI Motion and Defendants’ forthcoming Rule 12 motion. Plaintiff 

opposed that administrative motion and the Court denied the administrative motion on June 23. 

ECF No. 17. 

4. Defendants intend to raise a number of issues in response to the PI Motion, which 

include: the tribal sovereign immunity of Defendant Azuma Corp.; whether the Ex parte Young

exception to sovereign immunity applies under the circumstances of this case; the sovereign 

interests and sovereign immunity of the fourteen non-party tribal retailers identified by the State 

in the papers supporting its PI Motion; whether the tribal retailers are required and indispensable 

parties under Rule 19, as the State’s claim that Azuma violated the PACT Act is predicated on the 

conclusion that the tribal retailers are operating unlawfully; and the California regulatory and tax 

scheme applicable to cigarette sales and the interplay between these state laws and the federal 

PACT Act and the preemption and infringement principles of federal Indian law. Counsel for 

Defendants believes the complexity of these issues requires additional time to prepare an 

opposition to the PI Motion. 

5. Defendants therefore sought the State’s agreement to allow an additional 10 days 

to oppose the PI Motion. The parties met and conferred on June 23, 2023, regarding Defendants’ 

request. The State agreed, provided Defendants would agree to an 8-day extension of the State’s 

time to reply, and a continuance of the hearing date to August 11, 2023. Defendants agreed to 

this proposal. 

6. The parties agree that pursuant to Rules 6(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure and paragraph 8(B) of the Court’s Standing Order, ECF No. 4-1, there is good cause to 

extend the briefing deadlines and to continue the hearing date in this matter as set forth herein. 

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Stipulation of the Parties to Extend Briefing Schedule and Continue Hearing Date for Plaintiff’s Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction; Order (2:23-cv-00743-KJM-DB)

7. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to the following briefing schedule and 

hearing date for the PI Motion: 

Opposition due: July 10, 2023 

Reply due: July 28, 2023 

Hearing date: August 11, 2023 

8. The parties request the Court to enter an order approving the terms of this 

stipulation. 

Dated: June 27, 2023 Respectfully submitted, 

PEEBLES KIDDER BERGIN AND 

ROBINSON LLP 

__/s/______________________________ 

Gregory M. Narvaez 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: June 27, 2023 Respectfully submitted, 

Rob Bonta 

Attorney General of California 

James V. Hart 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

David C. Goodwin 

Deputy Attorney General 

_/s/ Peter Nascenzi (as authorized on 

6/26/23)_____________________ 

Peter F. Nascenzi 

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

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ORDER 

Having read the foregoing stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above stipulation of the parties is approved. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the schedule for briefing and hearing of the Plaintiff State of 

California’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. 13, shall be as follows: 

Opposition due: July 10, 2023 

Reply due: July 28, 2023 

Hearing: August 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.

Dated: July 5, 2023. 

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