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NOTICE OF APPROVED SETTLEMENT, REQUEST ENTRY OF CONSENT DECREE 

AND VACATE CASE MGMT. CONF., ORDER 

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ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES

JODENE ISAACS, ESQ. (SBN 226895) 

5135 Anza Street 

San Francisco, CA 94121 

Telephone: (415) 533-3376 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

jisaacs@enviroadvocates.com 

ECOLOGY LAW CENTER 

FREDRIC EVENSON, ESQ. (SBN 198059) 

P.O. Box 1000 

Santa Cruz, CA 95061 

Telephone: (831) 454-8216 

evenson@ecologylaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION 

GREBEN & ASSOCIATES 

JAN A. GREBEN, ESQ. (SBN 103464) 

125 E. De La Guerra Street, Suite 203 

Santa Barbara, California, 93101 

Telephone: (805) 963-9090 

Email: jan@grebenlaw.com 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SCHMIDBAUER LUMBER, INC. and 

SCHMIDBAUER BUILDING SUPPLY, LLC,

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 4:16-cv-07401-HSG

NOTICE OF APPROVED SETTLEMENT; 

REQUEST TO ENTER PROPOSED 

CONSENT DECREE AND VACATE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

ORDER 

 
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NOTICE OF APPROVED SETTLEMENT, REQUEST ENTRY OF CONSENT DECREE 

AND VACATE CASE MGMT. CONF., ORDER 

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TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES, AND THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff, Ecological Rights Foundation, and Defendants, 

Schmidbauer Lumber, Inc. and Schmidbauer Building Supply, LLC, (collectively, the “Parties”) 

have reached a final settlement in the above-captioned case as described below. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, in accordance with federal law, no judgment 

disposing of this action may be entered prior to forty-five (45) days following the receipt of the 

proposed settlement by the United States Department of Justice and the national and Region IX 

offices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“federal agencies”). (See 33 

U.S.C. §1365(c); 40 C.F.R. § 135.5.) Plaintiff provided the [Proposed] Consent Decree to the 

federal agencies for review. On July 24, 2017, the Department of Justice submitted a notice to this 

Court that the agency approves of the [Proposed] Consent Decree (Dkt. 39). 

NOW THEREFORE, for the reasons set forth above, the Parties jointly request that the 

Court approve and execute the Proposed Order submitted on June 5, 2017 (Dkt. 34-1) dismissing 

the Complaint with prejudice under Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 

providing for continuing Court jurisdiction over any disputes which may arise between the Parties 

under the Consent Decree. The Parties further stipulate, and respectfully request, that the Court 

enter an order vacating the Case Management Conference currently scheduled for August 15, 

2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

 

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, 

DATED: July 25, 2017 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES 

By: /s/ Jodene Isaacs 

JODENE ISAACS 

Attorney for Plaintiff 
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